More and More Consumers Are Watching Their Favorite Network Television

question 179

Essay

More and more consumers are watching their favorite network television programs from their computers.Suppose that a network begins to charge a small fee to access and download an episode of a popular program.For a television network, the marginal cost of supplying the episode to one more customer is zero.a) What type of good is this Internet television episode download? Explain.b) Will the efficient quantity of television downloads be provided? Explain.

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