In dieser überarbeiteten Fassung einer im Juni 2006 am staatswissenschaftlichen Seminar der Universität zu Köln eingereichten und von Prof. Dr. Horst M. Schellhaaß betreuten Diplomarbeit untersucht die Autorin, welche Auswirkungen die Digitalisierung auf Fernsehprogramme hat. Dazu erörtert...

This paper develops an original model of product differentiation, to contribute to the debate about theregulation and finance of public television. It goes beyond the conventional analysis in this topic, byshowing the spill-over effects that a public broadcaster can have upon commercial...

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...

This paper develops an original model of product differentiation, to contribute to the debate about the regulation and finance of public television. It goes beond the conventional analysis in this topic, by showing the spillover effects that a public broadcaster can have upon commercial...