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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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Social costs
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Social costs

Saddique Ansari • January 29, 2020 • 1 min read

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Social costs – definition

Social costs are private costs borne by individuals directly involved in a transaction together with the external costs borne by third parties not directly involved in the transaction. 

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