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...

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...

Using an auction informed by analytics, the US Federal Communications Commission reallocated underutilized portions of the television spectrum. The revenue from this auction exceeded its cost by $7.3 billion, which went toward US deficit reduction. The author summarizes the Kiddoo et al. report...

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...

Free entry into markets with decreasing average costs and differentiated products can result in an inefficient number of firms and suboptimal product variety. Because new firms and products draw their customers in part from existing products, concentration can affect incentives to enter as well...

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,...

In the past, the use of a compulsory levy on television sets (a licence fee) to finance the BBC could be justified given the problem of spectrum scarcity and the fact that television signals were a public good (i.e. there was effectively a zero marginal cost of an additional user receiving the...

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...

This paper investigates the effects of state censorship of opposition media using evidence from the closing of RCTV, a popular opposition television channel in Venezuela. The government did not renew RCTV's license, and the channel was replaced overnight, during May 2007, by a pro-government...

The case of SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition v South African Broadcasting Corporation SOC Limited (81056/14) [2017] ZAGPJHC 289 deals with the removal of directors of state-owned companies and to the constitutionality and lawfulness of the powers excised by the Minister of...

This paper investigates the effects of state censorship of opposition media using evidence from the closing of RCTV, a popular opposition television channel in Venezuela. The government did not renew RCTV's license, and the channel was replaced overnight, during May 2007, by a pro-government...

The British broadcasting system is heavily influenced by public service broadcasting (PSB) concepts and regulation. The debate over PSB has raged for decades and has to varying degrees been based on the proposition that there are myriad market failures in the provision of broadcast television...

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...

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...

This paper investigates the effects of state censorship of opposition media using evidence from the closing of RCTV, a popular opposition television channel in Venezuela. The government did not renew RCTV's license, and the channel was replaced overnight, during May 2007, by a pro-government...

The international radio spectrum management regime is one of the oldest existing regimes with the main treaty of the regime, the Radio Regulations (RR), being 113 years old in 2019. However, there have been calls that the Radio Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R) has...

Introduction -- Don't Give the Public What It Wants; Give the Public What it Needs -- Radio Is Good for You! The Rise of Educational Radio -- Carnegie's Lemon? The Birth of NPR -- Washington Verus The Sticks -- Left, Right, or Always Establishment? The Bias Issue, -- Newt [Gingrich] Cometh --...

This book presents an absorbing study of how educational radio, which originated to broadcast weather forecasts to farmers, has become what the Pew Center calls the most trusted source of news for American liberals and a regular in the rogue's gallery of election-year conservative targets. The...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Managing the ABC -- Chapter 3: Funding the ABC -- Chapter 4: What ideas rule? -- Chapter 5: Losing the brand in the Australian media landscape -- Chapter 6: Political influences on the ABC -- Chapter 7: Future options and conclusion.

This book provides an in-depth introduction to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) and the policies that govern them. Established in 1906, these regulations define the allocation of different frequency bands to different radio services, the mandatory technical...

Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - National Radio Spectrum Policy -- Chapter 3 - International Radio Spectrum Management -- Chapter 4 - Radiocommunication Service Allocation -- Chapter 5 - Technology Selection -- Chapter 6 - Spectrum Usage Rights -- Chapter 7 - Spectrum Rights Assignment --...

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...

Increased competition in telecommunications services in the past two decades has generated considerable benefits for Europe's citizens, consumers, industry and governments. More recently concern has grown regarding the relatively slow pace of 4G network deployment and fears that delays could be...

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...

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...

How can innovation and competition be sustained in closed tight oligopolistic market structures? This question will be crucial in the next years for an appropriate regulation of mobile markets. The regulatory framework era of the postulate of infrastructure based competition seems behind us. It...