A fascinating award-winning 2023 documentary details how opening staid telecoms markets to new rivalry unleashed robust innovation. Director and producer Jennifer Manner details the history of how the Ma Bell monopoly was replaced by satellites, cable, smartphone rivalry, igniting disruptions that helped create The Information Economy. Clemson University economist Thomas Hazlett, one of the experts interviewed in this film, provides commentary with notable regulators, scholars, and industry players in this important saga, which has aired on PBS stations nationwide. Watch the video.
