Has competition in the market for subscription sports broadcasting benefitted consumers? The case of the English Premier League

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dc.contributor.authorButler, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMassey, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-03T14:18:50Z
dc.date.available2018-07-03T14:18:50Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-01
dc.date.updated2018-07-03T14:08:12Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the peculiar nature of competition in the broadcasting market for live English Premier League matches in the United Kingdom. Following the movement from free-to-air to subscription television in 1992, British Sky Broadcasting secured a monopoly on live broadcasting rights. The exclusive arrangements were later found to be in breach of European competition law and resulted in competition from the start of the 2007-2008 season. However, competition has not reduced prices charged to consumers. Both the overall cost to consumers and the price per game are higher with competing broadcasters than under a monopoly.en
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dc.identifier.citationButler, R. and Massey, P. 'Has Competition in the Market for Subscription Sports Broadcasting Benefited Consumers? The Case of the English Premier League', Journal of Sports Economics, In Press, doi: 10.1177/1527002518784121en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1527002518784121
dc.identifier.endpage22en
dc.identifier.issn1527-0025
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Sports Economicsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6410
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1527002518784121
dc.rights© 2018 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. The published version of record is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002518784121en
dc.subjectCompetitionen
dc.subjectBroadcastingen
dc.subjectPremier leagueen
dc.titleHas competition in the market for subscription sports broadcasting benefitted consumers? The case of the English Premier Leagueen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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