Research Questions
Topic One: Advertising, Two-Sided Markets and the Role of Network Operators (ISPs, MSOs)
Topic Two: Customer Equipment and Program Navigation Devices, Guides and Menus
Topic Three: Video Programming in a Digital World
Topic Four: The Future of Cable Networking and Infrastructure
Topic Five: The Future of Local Programming
Topic Six: Video Convergence and Internet Video
Topic Seven: Innovation in Broadband Networks, Network Design, and Network Management
Topic Six: Video Convergence and Internet Video
Online video is growing rapidly, comprising an increasing proportion of Internet traffic even as workable business models continue to evolve. Internet video thus increasingly competes with more traditional video services, while at the same time placing extraordinary burdens on the broadband networks owned and operated by those competitors. This emerging development raises a host of issues for video competition and regulation as well as for broadband policy.
Questions
- Does the delivery of video over the Internet raise unique challenges for legacy video programming regulation?
- What marketplace, legal, and policy barriers stand in the way of wider deployment of online video offerings?
- Whether or not deregulation of traditional services is warranted, are there particular regulations that should be extended to Internet video services?