economic benefits of state level franchising mechanisms for multi channel video programming distributors mvpds jin ki kim department management science and systems school jkkim3 buffalo edu heasun chun communications informatics hchun university at the new york paper to be presented 34 th research conference on communication information internet policy telecommunications tprc arlington va september 29 october 1 2006 draft please do not cite without permission mvpd abstract protocol television iptv has appeared as a competitor cable in distributor market is last component telecom carriers who want provide their customers with triple play services tps operators already have capability networks order programs carrier should been granted franchise from local government united states mechanism becomes an issue delaying service launching hampering fair competition leading inefficient resource allocation by alternative
