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In the 1980s cable policy in the UK was based on the assumption that the development of cable would be domestically financed and 'entertainment-led', with cable television helping to 'pull through' advanced interactive services. in the 1990s policy makers and cable operators have discovered the much larger role that is being played by telephony in driving the development of cable. Cable is now seen as at least as important to telecommunications policy as it is to broadcasting policy. Data on the development of cable suggest that this policy is leading to a more geographically diverse pattern of telecommunications competition and an increasing diversity in the price and/or quality of telecommunication services supplied to different places. The emerging imbalance raises questions about the effects on patterns of urban and regional development. As currently constituted, however, the UK regulatory regime has no effective way of recognizing or addressing these questions.
Author(s): Cornford JR, Gillespie AE
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Telecommunications Policy
Year: 1993
Volume: 17
Issue: 8
Pages: 589-602
ISSN (print): 0308-5961
ISSN (electronic): 1879-3258
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0308-5961(93)90071-A
DOI: 10.1016/0308-5961(93)90071-A
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