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...