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 recently 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