Published Online: Jan 30, 2017
Page range: 115 - 123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0124
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© 2010 Tore Nilssen, published by De Gruyter Open
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In this article, I present an economist’s perspective on the TV industry and view it as a so-called two-sided market, with advertisers on the one side benefiting from the presence of TV viewers and TV viewers on the other side having a dislike for advertising on TV. I use this framework to discuss the likely future development of pay TV, in particular how a future increase in competition in the TV industry will affect the prevalence of pay TV over advertising-financed TV.