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Why do some streaming platforms offer no-cost channels or packages?

Zero-Price Goods and Cross-Subsidisation in Digital Markets

Many consumers use at least one zero-price streaming platform to provide entertainment. Why do companies offer zero-cost digital entertainment? How do they make money? Will this model survive in the long run?...
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Price ceiling
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Price ceiling

Saddique Ansari • January 29, 2020 • 1 min read

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Price ceiling – definition

A price ceiling is a cap on a price, which sets the upper limit for a price. If market price moves towards the ceiling, intervention selling may be used to keep the price within its target range.

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  • See also price floor

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