This paper deals with EU-Directive 89/552/EEC "Television Without Frontiers", which enables each EU-country to set up a list of major events that are not allowed to be transmitted in Pay-TV. We analyze this kind of regulation using instruments of game-theory and monopoly-theory. We compare the...

Technical innovation has bestowed us with an abundance of channels for audiovisual media providers. More and more platforms for distributing content have become available. Cable and satellite systems have significantly increased their capacity in recent years. The quality of IPTV (Television...

News media plays an important role in modern financial markets. In this paper, we analyse the role played by the news media in an historical financial market. Using The Times's coverage of companies listed on the London stock market between 1825 and 1870, we examine the determinants of media...