Catholic University Law Review Volume 32 Issue 3 Spring 1983 Article 5 1983 The New Video Marketplace and the Search for a Coherent Regulatory Philosophy Jill Abeshouse Stern Erwin G. Krasnow R. Michael Senkowski Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.edu/lawreview Recommended Citation Jill A. Stern, Erwin G. Krasnow & R. Michael Senkowski, The New Video Marketplace and the Search for a Coherent Regulatory Philosophy, 32 Cath. U. L. Rev. 529 (1983). Available at: https://scholarship.law.edu/lawreview/vol32/iss3/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CUA Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Catholic University Law Review by an authorized editor of CUA Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE NEW VIDEO MARKETPLACE AND THE SEARCH FOR A COHERENT REGULATORY PHILOSOPHY JillAbeshouse Stern * Erwin G. Krasnow** A Michael Senkowski*** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INNOVATIONS IN VIDEO SERVICES ............................ 532 A. New Over-the-Air Video Services to the Home ............ 532 I. Subscription Television (STV) ........................ 532 2. Teletext ............................................. 535 3. Low Power Television (LPTF) ....................... 538 4. Direct Broadcast Satellites (DBS) .................... 541 -5. Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMA TV ........ 543 6. Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) ................ 544 7 Private Operational-FixedMicrowave Service (OFS) .. 549 B. New Closed Transmission Video Services to the Home .... 550 L Cable Television and Interactive Cable Television ..... 550 2. Cable Interconnect Systems .......................... 553 3. Common Carrier Wireline or Fiber Optic Services .... 554 4. Electronic Publishing Services ........................ 555 C. Recorded Video Servicesfor Home Use .................. 557 1. Videocassette Recorders and Videodisc Players .......