A simple model of television network competitive behavior is used to explore the prospects for new networks. Overall, the prospects are not very bright. A fourth network with complete, unhandicapped, nationwide coverage could coexist profitably with the existing three, but the industry would...

The Federal Communications Commission, hoping "to get cable moving without jeopardizing over-the-air broadcasting," recently proposed rules that would allow cable systems in the 100 largest television markets to carry a limited number of distant signals. This paper employs a nonlinear model of...