In poor countries, the interaction of early marriage, early motherhood, and low educational attainment disempowers women and limits their life opportunities. Even as countries grow richer, gender inequality is often sustained by social norms, thereby limiting welfare gains from women's...

The Space Strategy for Europe, published in 2016, requested the European Commission to 'release a European radio navigation plan to facilitate the introduction of global navigation satellite system applications in sectoral policies'. On this basis, a first version of the ERNP was published in...

There are noticeable conceptual differences between competing concepts for organizing the highest level of European Football. One major conceptual controversy is concerned with the question whether fans have a stronger preference for (more) games between the top teams over a broad participation...

It is well-known that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has played a key role in giving the EU acquis in the area of intellectual property law the relevance it has today. Especially the series of judgments clarifying the broad notion of “communication to the public” as laid...

The aim of this paper is to relate innovation with the broadcasters' business model, by way of a bibliometric and review analysis. This comprises to study how they have incorporated the innovation and the effect of a disruptive innovation (as the Internet and other technologies) in their...

Die Weltfunkkonferenz 2023 wird die Verwendung von ultrahohen Frequenzen im Bereich 470 bis 694 MHz ab 2031 erörtern. In Deutschland setzen sich Betreibende von 1. Rundfunk- und Kultur-, 2. öffentlichen Mobilfunk- sowie 3. Sicherheits-, Katastrophen- und Landesverteidigungsdiensten dafür ein,...

This paper studies the market provision of a specific type of public good: radio and television broadcasts. Its main focus is to explore the ability of the market to provide broadcasting efficiently in a world in which broadcasters earn revenues by selling time to advertisers and advertisements...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in Nigeria recently released an amendment to the 6th edition of the Broadcasting Code, which aimed at increasing local content, generating advertisement revenue and preventing anti-competitive practices in the Nigerian broadcast industry. To this end,...

Theory predicts that in markets with increasing returns, the number of differentiated products and resulting consumer satisfaction grow in market size. We document this phenomenon across 246 US radio markets. By a mechanism that we term 'preference externalities', an increase in the size of the...

In theory, free entry can lead to social inefficiency. When new products are substitutes for existing products, the business stolen from incumbents places a wedge between private and social benefits of entry. The business stealing effect can be offset if entry reduces prices or increases...

David Malpass, President of the World Bank, discussed with Beatrice Janzon, Swedish Radio International, the following topics: long-term effects of children out of school during the pandemic, economic recovery for developing countries, importance of vaccinations for the developing countries, and...

The FCC has billed 3.5 GHz as the “innovation band,” with the idea that “regulatory adaptability should make the 3.5 GHz band hospitable to a wide variety of users, deployment models, and business cases, including some solutions to market needs not adequately served by our conventional...

Traditional television screens have lost their monopoly on television content. With a helping hand of digitalization, the introduction of ever more screens in our lives and increasingly faster network technologies, a wide variety of alternative screens and sources of television content are...

In the Prime Minister's ‘Mansion House speech' of March 2018 on the future economic relationship between the UK and the European Union, the regulation of broadcasting was singled out as an area of special interest. Noting that ‘we cannot have exactly the same arrangements with the EU as we...

Flash sales have gained popularity among online retail platforms, including Amazon lightning deals and eBay daily deals. The extant literature has provided evidence that disclosure of inventory levels of a flash sale can affect customers' purchase behavior and thus, the total sales of the...

Broadcasting is in a phase of change, with new technologies and new contestants companies are facing an increased competition. One emerging stream of broadcasting is Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and competitive gaming (eSports) scene is resting upon that technology. On the case of eSports...

Einleitung und Problemstellung -- Leitfragen und Ziele -- Medienwandel und Medienzukunft -- Medienförderung -- ORF-Reform -- Medien und Staat -- Journalismus und Management -- Medieninnovation und Neue Designs -- Alles anders, alles neu.

The Concept of “Communications” and “Broadcasting” in the Era of Digital Convergence -- Japan’s Broadcasting System from the Perspective of its Demographics in 2040 -- An Outlook on Broadcasting in 2036 - The state of broadcasting in the UK and Japanese broadcasting policy -- An...

On March 29, 2016, the FCC initiated its first ever two-sided spectrum auction. The auction closed approximately one year later, having repurposed a total of 84 MHz of spectrum. The "incentive auction" included three primary components: (1) a reverse auction where broadcasters bid on the price...

The paper at hand provides a brief overview of the development of broadcasting as a means of signal transmission in Germany during its emergence (1920-1945), nationwide extension (1946-1980), expansion of satellite andcable broadcasting (1981-1995) and the still ongoing process of digitalisation...

This study examines how information broadcasting through television (TV) media influences stock market activities. Consistent with the effect of TV information to attract investor attention, we find that increased information flow through TV is significantly associated with greater trading...

The author explores the relative efficiency implications of Federal Radio Commission regulation under the Radio Act of 1927 and a system of spectrum property rights. He examines the technological efficiency achieved by FRC regulation and compares that outcome with a scenario of property rights...

In 2009 the Commission adopted a new Communication on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting. The new Broadcasting Communication includes fresh measures and reveals a trend giving Member States a greater role with regard to the compatibility of State aid granted for...