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b. Pricing ............................................................................................................................. 109
c. Speed ............................................................................................................................... 115
d. Access to Multiple Providers .......................................................................................... 125
3. Competition between Fixed and Mobile Broadband Service ................................................ 130
C. Voice Telephone Services ............................................................................................................ 143
D. The Video Marketplace ................................................................................................................ 150
1. Overview of the Video Programming Marketplace .............................................................. 150
2. Multichannel Video Programming Distributors .................................................................... 154
a. Providers and Subscribers ............................................................................................... 154
b. Channel Packages and Bundling ..................................................................................... 160
c. Pricing ............................................................................................................................. 163
d. Video Revenue ................................................................................................................ 167
e. Content Ownership ......................................................................................................... 168
f. Commercial Availability of Equipment Used to Access MVPD Programming and
Services ........................................................................................................................... 170
3. Online Video Distributors ..................................................................................................... 176
a. OVD Service Offerings .................................................................................................. 177
b. Original Content and Content Ownership ....................................................................... 189
c. OVD Usage, Subscribers, and Revenue ......................................................................... 193
4. Broadcast Television Stations ............................................................................................... 201
a. Station Licensing and Ownership ................................................................................... 202
b. Distribution and Delivery ............................................................................................... 205
c. Programming and Content Ownership ............................................................................ 208
d. Broadcast Television Revenue ........................................................................................ 213
5. Competition in Video ............................................................................................................ 218
6. Report on Cable Industry Prices ............................................................................................ 233
E. The Audio Market ........................................................................................................................ 240
1. Overview of the Audio Programming Market ....................................................................... 241
2. Terrestrial Radio Broadcasters .............................................................................................. 245
3. Satellite Radio ....................................................................................................................... 255
4. Online Audio Providers ......................................................................................................... 259
5. Competition in Audio Programming ..................................................................................... 265
III. ASSESSMENT OF BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ...................................................................... 275
A. Access to Advanced Telecommunications Capability ................................................................. 276
1. Broadband Deployment Estimates ........................................................................................ 281
a. Deployment of Fixed Advanced Telecommunications Capability ................................. 282
b. Deployment of Mobile 4G LTE ...................................................................................... 283
c. Deployment of Fixed Services and Mobile 4G LTE ...................................................... 284
d. Additional Deployment Estimates .................................................................................. 287
B. Demographic Data ....................................................................................................................... 288
1. Tribal Lands Data .................................................................................................................. 292
C. International Broadband Data Report .......................................................................................... 294
1. Broadband Speed and Performance Comparison .................................................................. 296
2. Broadband Price Comparison ................................................................................................ 299
3. Broadband Deployment Comparison with Europe ................................................................ 302
4. Demographics ........................................................................................................................ 305
5. International Regulatory Developments ................................................................................ 306
IV. ENTRY AND EXPANSION CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS
MARKETPLACE .............................................................................................................................. 319
A. The Mobile Wireless Communications Marketplace ................................................................... 320
B. The Fixed Communications Marketplace .................................................................................... 327
1. Fixed Terrestrial .................................................................................................................... 327
2. Satellite .................................................................................................................................. 332