BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Duopoly
- a market in which only two sellers of a good exist. If one decides to alter the price, the other will respond and influence the market's response to the first decision.
Wiktionary Definition for: Duopoly
- # economics a market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service
Additional Resources
- Duopoly takes backseat to cable at FCC: FCC's first report on duopoly due soon; comprehensiveness questioned. (Federal Communications Commission) (Brief Article)
- FCC's first report on duopoly due soon; comprehensiveness questioned With its resources drained by the huge task of cable reregulation, the FCC may not have the time or manpower to thoroughly review the impact of new ownership limits on the r...
- Research articles 1993-11-08
- FCC looks at LMA's/TV duopoly.(Federal Communications Commission, local market agreements)(Brief Article)
- Stewart says question of coexistence should be solved by June FCC Mass Media Bureau Chief Roy Stewart has set a June deadline to resolve questions about the coexistence of duopoly ownership of TV stations and existing local marketing agreements. Stewart says...
- Research articles 1996-04-17
- Musical chairs in L.A.: unexpectedly, Bauer-Gonzales is likely to head news at CBS duopoly. (Top of the Week).(Brief Article)
- Nancy Bauer-Gonzales, N who is likely going to be the news chief at CBS'S Los Angeles KCALTV-KCBS. TV duopoly, must know how Princell Hair feels. Hair had been the KCBS-TV news director and, by most accounts, was the early choice...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
- Comment: Rating Agencies Need Some Pre-emptive Ideas - Moody's And Standard & Poor's Start 2006 Facing Charges Of Running A Duopoly - And Some Tough Questioning. Their Only Hope? To Come Up With A Solution Before The US Government Imposes One.(Brief A
- Senior executives at Moody's and Standard & Poor's may not have a happy new year. They are under increasing pressure from the US Congress about their perceived duopoly in providing credit ratings as well as other business practices such as unsoli Senior executives at Moody's and...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Viacom mulls L.A. 'Anchor Duopoly'.(STATION TO STATION)
- Dr. Phil, having aired since its inception on KNBC Los Angeles, moves to KCBS this fall and stands a good chance of bumping the station's 4 p.m. newscast to sister duopoly station KCAL. Market sources say the odds are 50-50 that KCBS newscast ancho ...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- Philips Moves Show Box Duopoly Lives.(Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. scales back set-top box efforts in US)(Statistical Data Included)
- Royal Philips Electronics' decision to scale back its set-top and receiver product lines for the U.S. market is further proof of the strength of Motorola Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta Inc.'s digital-cable set-top duopoly, industry analysts say. Royal Philips Electronics'...
- Research articles 2001-07-16
- The FCC last Friday granted Benedek Broadcasting Corp. a six month waiver of its duopoly rule. (Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
- The FCC last Friday granted Benedek Broadcasting Corp. a sixmonth waiver of its duopoly rule, allowing Benedek to operate overlapping TV stations in Madison, Wis., and Wheeling, W.Va. The overlaps arose last December with Benedek's $270 million purch The FCC last Friday granted Benedek Broadcasting Corp....
- Research articles 1996-05-27
- FCC looks at LMA's/TV duopoly: Stewart says question of coexistence should be solved by June.(Federal Communications Commission Mass Media Bureau Chief Roy Stewart; local marketing agreements)
- Stewart says question of coexistence should be solved by June FCC Mass Media Bureau Chief Roy Stewart has set a June deadline to resolve questions about the coexistence of duopoly ownership of TV stations and existing local marketing agreements. Stewart says...
- Research articles 1996-04-17
- Infinity gains duopoly in Dallas. (Infinity Broadcasting, KLUV-FM) (Brief Article)
- Infinity Broadcasting's purchase of oldies KLUVFM Dallas for nearly $51 million is one of the largest radio deals in Dallas and gives the company its first FM duopoly in the market with adult contemporary KVIL-AM-FM. Although KLUV'S estimat ...
- Research articles 1994-09-19
- Review, relax, relieve.(duopoly law for television broadcasters)(Brief Article)
- Broadcasters lobby Congress to allow greater duopoly latitude in smaller markets Two summers ago the government dropped the long-standing ban on owning two TV stations in the same market, so long as the market maintained at least eight indepe ...
- Research articles 2001-02-05
- Duopoly rule waived in Iowa case. (sale of Iowa State University's WOI-TV) (Brief Article)
- The FCC granted the $12.7 million sale of Iowa State University's WOI-TV Ames, Iowa, to Philip Lombardo, waiving the TV duopoly rule that prohibits common ownership of two stations with overlapping signals. Lombardo also owns KCAU-TV in nearby Siou The FCC granted the $12.7...
- Research articles 1993-12-20
- Ownership spotlight moves to FCC.(Federal Communications Commission urged to reconsider duopoly restrictions)
- New telcom act directs commission to re-examine station duopoly restrictions New telcom act directs commission to re-examine station duopoly restrictions
- Research articles 1996-02-12
- The FCC has granted a waiver of its television duopoly rule to Univision Television Group.
- The FCC has granted a waiver of its television duopoly rule to Univision Television Group. Univision is buying KUZZ-TV Bakersfield, Calif., from Buck Owens Production Co. (B&C, July 21). The buyer already owns KMEX-TV LOS Angeles and KFTVTV H The FCC has granted a...
- Research articles 1997-09-15
- Duopoly rule spurs sellers.
- Lee Enterprises is newest on block; would-be sellers hope for quick deals Sellers of TV stations are flocking to market, hoping to cash in on the consolidation allowed under the FCC's relaxation of its duopoly rules. ...
- Research articles 2000-03-06
- NBC gets duopoly waiver for WCAU-TV.(Brief Article)
- The FCC is waiving its duopoly rule to allow NBC to own stations in New York and Philadelphia. The commission last week granted the waiver to allow the transfer of WCAU-TV Philadelphia to NBC. NBC acquired the station from CBS last November in...
- Research articles 1995-07-31
- CBS says duopoly lottery must go.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Whoever holds the pole position has a big advantage in the great duopoly race, and CBS is fighting to stake out an inside position. The network is asking the FCC to ditch plans that would make broadcasters compete via a lottery when they want to es ...
- Research articles 1999-10-18
- Crown takes on Paxson: battles over FCC duopoly waiver for NY-area stations.(Crown Communications Corp., Paxson Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
- Crown Communications promises it will "use any means necessary" to block Paxson Communications' efforts to get the FCC to waive duopoly rules for Paxson's two television stations in the New York City market area. Paxson is asking ...
- Research articles 1997-07-28
- CHANGES SEEN IN TV AD SALES WITH FCC'S NEW DUOPOLY RULE: BROADCASTERS LIKELY TO DERIVE GREATEST VALUE IN LOCAL MARKETS.
- Though the Federal Communications Commission's duopoly rule is so new many executives don't yet know all of its ins and outs, it's nearly certain that in a few areas of station operations-including advertising-the impact ought to be considerable. Though the Federal Communications Commission's duopoly...
- Research articles 1999-08-16
- The swap of Media General Inc.'s WTVR-TV Richmond, Va., for Raycom Media Inc.'s WSAV-TV Savannah, Ga., is free to proceed despite a duopoly problem. (FCC ruling)(Brief Article)
- The swap of Media General Inc.'s WTVR-TV Richmond, Va., for Raycom Media Inc.'s WSAV-TV Savannah, Ga., is free to proceed despite a duopoly problem, the FCC said last Wednesday. But the waiver depends on current FCC proceedings in which the duopoly rule is being reconsidered, the...
- Research articles 1997-07-28
- EU backs bid to end O2-Vodafone 'duopoly' in Ireland
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-21 January 2005-EU backs bid to end O2-Vodafone 'duopoly' in IrelandC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The European Commission has thrown its support behind an initiative by Irish competition regulators to end what they believe is a 'duopoly' held by telecomms companies mmO2 and Vodafone in the Irish mobile phone...
- Research articles 2005-01-21
