Television is the dominant entertainment medium for hundreds of millions. This chapter surveys the economic forces that … determine the production and consumption of this content. It presents recent trends in television and online video markets, both … number of distinct themes emerge, including the growing importance of the pay-television sector, the role played by content …

television viewing rate for the race led to a 1% increase in the number of applicants for the universities participating in the … race. It follows that advertising universities on television would be effective in the university market. …

Can television have a mitigating e.ect on xenophobia? To examine this question, we exploit the fact that individuals in … some areas of East Germany . due to their geographic location . could not receive West German television until 1989. We … conjecture that individuals who received West German television were exposed more frequently to foreigners and thus have …

Can television have a mitigating e.ect on xenophobia? To examine this question, we exploit the fact that individuals in … some areas of East Germany - due to their geographic location - could not receive West German television until 1989. We … conjecture that individuals who received West German television were exposed more frequently to foreigners and thus have …

The television channel TV3 has played a controversial role in the Catalan politics since its creation in the early …

Over more than a decade, advertising rates per 1000 viewers, television consumption as well as the number of … advertising spots have been steadily increasing. As a consequence, television has developed to the most important medium for the …

We document the importance of local information in mass media for the political engagement of citizens and … accountability of politicians. We study this in the context of Canada, where until 1958, competition in television markets was … suppressed—Canadians received either public or private television content, but never both. While public television provided …

We investigate the political impact of entertainment television in Italy over the past thirty years by exploiting the …

television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly …