There Is Often Only One Provider of Cable Television Services

Multiple Choice

There is often only one provider of cable television services in each region of the country: Time Warner is in New York, Comcast is in most of New England, and so forth. When Comcast proposed a plan to buy Time Warner, the purchase ultimately could not be completed, mostly due to concerns that it would have caused Comcast to become an overly large ________ with too much power.

A) monopolist
B) oliogopolist
C) pure competitor
D) predator
E) icon