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Article: Open Cable Isn't.(monopoly within the cable industry)(Brief Article)
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- Dealerscope: The Business of CE Retailing
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 North American Publishing Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The cable industry has built roadblocks to competition and retail revenues
Imagine this scenario: During the last five years, cable TV set-top boxes have been flying off your shelves or out of your factory, providing you with steady and significant revenue. And in the coming years, as these devices evolve into digital portals for interactive-TV services, they continue to generate new revenue streams from your customers' living rooms.
By law, both of these lucrative situations should be reality. So why must you only imagine them? Because the cable industry is taking every measure to protect its long-standing monopoly on set-top boxes.
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