This group of four papers considers the future of the cable television industry, and in particular, examines the impact of recent court and regulatory decisions in this field. The papers presented are: (1) "The First Amendment, Cable TV, and the Must-Carry Rule: Moving towards a Cost-Benefit Analysis" (John R. Woodbury, Federal Trade Commission); (2) "The Cable Act Revisited: The Public Interest versus the Cable Monopoly--A White Paper" (Nicholas P. Miller of the law firm Miller, Young and Holbrooke); (3) "Franchise Overbuilds: The Cable Industry's Challenge" (Frank W. Lloyd of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo); and (4) "Recent Developments in Cable Law: 1987" (Alan Ciamporcero, Larrine S. Holbrooke, and Nicholas P. Miller of the law firm, Miller, Young and Holbrooke). (EW)