Technology that threatens market power of media giants, telecomm, and computer giants.
What is the Internet?
100
In what year did the process of converting analog to digital TV begin?
What is 1998
100
Two viable ISP services.
What are phone based and cable based?
100
Bertelsmann, Sony, Seagram, Time Warner, and EMT
Who are the Music Giants?
200
This policy hopes to bring fast and affordable internet to all American citizens.
What is Universal Broadband
200
Primary way of competition for oligopolistic markets?
What is advertising?
200
This former U.S. presidential candidate was against the digital spectrum give away?
Who is Bob Dole (or) John McCain
200
This ISP?/Portal ruled the market in the late 90s and early 2000s.
What is AOL?
200
Can be found by providing an interactive component and additional editorial dimensions to what is found in the traditional fare. Websites also produce these by offering electronic commerce options for products related to the site
What is online synergies?
300
This policy aims to use the public airwaves to bring economic, political, and social benefits of broadband
What is Spectrum and Wireless Policy
300
The digital spectrum "giveaway" was valued at this amount in 1996.
What is $100 billion?
300
This now defunct internet website/ TV channel attempted to compete with Comedy Central in 1999.
What is ComedyNet
300
This technological device brought the internet to TV screens.
What is WEBtv (MSNtv)?
300
In order to make Internet commerce more directly integrated into Disney's site Disney gave this company exclusive rights to sell their merchandise across all Disney websites.
What is Barnes and Noble?
400
Intended or unintended social consequences of markets?
What are externalities?
400
This panel was suppose to come up with community service for broadcasters in exchange for the free spectrum giveaway, but ultimately their recommendations were trivial
What is The Gore Commission
400
Name the top 3 phone service providers.
What are AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast?
400
Media giants sell content themselves at a profit and link the content to the advertising and commerce they conduct on their traditional media.
What are the two ways media giants pursue e-commerce?
500
Name one way to break an oligopoly.
What is foreign competition, economic crisis, or new technologies?
500
Due to this act the digital spectrum was given to major television and radio corporations.
What is The Telecommunications Act of 1996
500
Name the top 3 internet portals.
What are Google, Yahoo!, and MSN (Bing)?
500
The notion that the Internet will introduce massive competition and break up existing oligopolistic media markets.