Costs and Revenues of à la Carte (ALC) Versus Bundling In Television Markets

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

This paper compares costs and revenues of two modes of provision of pay-television by cable and satellite providers. The two modes are bundling and à la carte, both of which are subscription-based services. Results of this research show that on average à la carte is more expensive to deliver than bundling, while revenues of both are comparable. The paper also deals with the economics of urban agglomeration and regional networks. It shows that improvement in technology makes it possible to simulate agglomeration in metropolitan areas with networks, which makes it possible for small urban regions and rural regions to share in network outputs. © 2014 MCRSA. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volume

44

Issue

1

First Page

49

Last Page

57

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