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Tom Evens | Lead Researcher
Ghent University
Tom Evens is an Assistant Professor in Media Industries and Technology Policy at the Department of Communication Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. Tom specializes in the economics and policies of digital media and technology markets, with particular interest in streaming platforms, sport media rights, business models and digital radio. He is the lead author of The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (Palgrave, 2013) and Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets (Springer, 2018) and the co-editor of Media Management Matters: Challenges and Opportunities for Bridging Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2020).
Evens, T.; Donders, K. & Afilipoaie, A. (2020). Platform policies in the European Union. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 11(3), 283-300.
Rohn, U. & Evens, T. (2020). Media Management Matters. Challenges for Bridging Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge
Evens, T. (2020). DAB+ as a Systemic Innovation: Stakeholder Interests and the Introduction of Digital Radio. European Journal of Communication, 25(5), 502-517
Evens, T. & Donders. K. (2018). Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Evens, T. (2018). Media economics and transformation in a digital Europe. In: d’Haenens, L. Sousa, H. & Trappel, J. (Eds.), Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe. Unpacking the Policy Cycle (pp. 41-54).
Evens, T. & Donders, K. (2016). Mergers and acquisitions in TV broadcasting and distribution: challenges for competition, industrial and media policy. Telematics and Informatics (special issue: Television distribution – economic dimensions, emerging policies), 33(2), 674-682.
Smith, P.; Evens, T. & Iosifidis, P. (2016). The Next Big Match: Convergence, Competition and Sports Media Rights. European Journal of Communication, 31(5), 536-550
Evens, T.; Iosifidis, P. & Smith, P. (2013). The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Evens, T. & Donders, K. (2013). Broadcast market structures and retransmission payments: a European perspective. Media, Culture & Society, 35(4), 415-432.
Tim Raats | Lead Researcher
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Iordache, C., Raats, T., & Donders, K. (2022). The “Netflix Tax”: An Analysis of Investment Obligations for On-Demand Audiovisual Services in The European Union. International Journal of Communication, 16, 545-565.
Raats, T., & Tintel, S. (2021). Bestedingsverplichtingen voor audiovisuele content in Vlaanderen: visienota. In opdracht van de Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Film en Televisieproducenten. Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).
Raats, T., Tintel, S., & Evens, T. (2021). Evaluatie van de maatschappelijke meerwaarde van Qmusic en Joe. Studie in opdracht van DPG Media. (undisclosed). Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).
Raats, T., Tintel, S., & Asmar, A. (2021). Hoe Netflix fictie in Vlaanderen herdefinieerde. In Media en innovatie in een veranderende samenleving (pp. 42-61). Brussel: ASP.
Komorowski, M., Iordache, C., Kostovska, I., Tintel, S., & Raats, T. (2021). Investment obligations for VOD providers to financially contribute to the production of European works: a 2021 update. Brussels: Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).
Adelaida Afilipoaie | Researcher
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Adelaida is a senior researcher in the field of media policy, with an affinity for electronic communications networks and services, and online platforms. She is part of the Brussels- based imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel research group, more specifically part of the Media Economics and Policy Unit. In 2016 she graduated from her BA. in Media Studies and Television in the United Kingdom. After gaining theoretical knowledge and hands-on production experience in the media industry, she decided to pursue a MSc. in Communication Studies at the VUB in Brussels from which she graduated in 2018. Right after graduating Adelaida started working at imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where, by combining economic platform theories and media policy research, she conducted her PhD on the regulatory frameworks at the EU and Member States level, and their ability to address the online platform power concerns, which she finalized in 2023.
Currently, Adelaida is conducting postdoctoral research for several projects (Fair MusE, ALGEPI and GMICP). Considering the domination of online platforms and their algorithms, these projects tackle the various concerns of the European music ecosystem, the impact of algorithmic gatekeepers on individuals’ epistemic welfare and the media markets concentration trends. When she is not involved in research, Adelaida is a guest lecturer for the Digital Media in Europe Master’s programme at the VUB and acts as a master’s thesis supervisor. During her time as a PhD candidate, she acted as a Teaching Assistant for the MSc. course European Media Markets and facilitated several workshops part of the now discontinued Postgraduate in Media Economics programme at the VUB (2018-2020). Adelaida has experience with European projects as she was a contributor to the SMART 2018/0066 study on the implementation of the new provisions in the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and CNECT/2020/OP/0099 study on the Media Plurality and Diversity Online, both funded by the European Commission’s DG CNECT.
2023
Afilipoaie, A. (2023). CURBING PLATFORM POWER IN THE MEDIA SECTOR. An analysis of EU merger regulation and national media ownership rules. Doctoral thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. VUBPRESS.
Afilipoaie, A., & Ranaivoson, H. R. (2023). EU and the complex, nation-dependent web of media ownership regulation in Europe. The role of media ownership rules in limiting market concentration. In H. Ranaivoson, S. Broughton-Micova, & T. Raats (Eds.), European Audiovisual Policy in Transition (1st ed., pp. 113-134). Routledge.
Afilipoaie, A., Dewaele, S., & Donders, K. (2023). Signal integrity: EU media policymaking at its best or worst. In H. Ranaivoson, S. Broughton-Micova, & T. Raats (Eds.), European Audiovisual Policy in Transition (1st ed., pp. 239-261). Routledge.
2022
Ranaivoson, H. R., Afilipoaie, A., & Domazetovikj, N. (2022). CNECT/2020/OP/0099 – Study on media plurality and diversity online. Publications Office of the European Union. https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/475bacb6-34a2-11ed-8b77-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-266745163
Afilipoaie, A., & Ranaivoson, H. R. (2022). Assessing Media Merger & Acquisitions: The Power Pyramids of regulatory cooperation. Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 1. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00101_1
Afilipoaie, A., Donders, K., & Ballon, P. (2022). The European Commission’s approach to mergers involving software-based platforms: Towards a better understanding of platform power. Telecommunications Policy, 46(5), 1-18. [102288]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102288
Iordache, C., Raats, T., & Afilipoaie, A. (2022). Transnationalisation revisited through the Netflix Original: An analysis of investment strategies in Europe. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 28(1), 236–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565211047344
Ranaivoson, H. R., Afilipoaie, A., & Domazetovikj, N. (2022). Media pluralism in the EU: A prospective look at the European Media Freedom Act. Policy Brief. https://smit.vub.ac.be/policy-brief-64-media-pluralism-in-the-eu?utm_source=SMIT+NEWSLETTER&utm_campaign=8914edeb91-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_04_08_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_41b39919ec-8914edeb91-339721217
2021
Donders, K., Broughton Micova, S., Ranaivoson, H. R., Dewaele, S., Raats, T., Afilipoaie, A., Kostovska, I., Braet, O., Magyar, M., van der Peijl, S., da Silva Gaspar, L., & Ytrehus, L. (2021). SMART 2018/0066 – Part D: Study on the implementation of the new provisions in the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). European Commission.
Afilipoaie, A., Iordache, C., & Raats, T. (2021). The ‘Netflix Original’ and what it means for the production of European television content. Critical Studies in Television, 16(3), 304–325. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020211023318
Afilipoaie, A., Dewaele, S., & Donders, K. (2021). ‘Signal integrity’ in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive: Process, positions and policies examined and explained. Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 12(3), 345-365. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00075_1
2020
Raats, T., Tintel, S., Kostovska, I., Braet, O., Camps Arago, P., & Afilipoaie, A. (2020). Bestedingsverplichtingen voor audiovisuele content in Vlaanderen. Onderzoeksrapport i.o.v. Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Film en Televisieproducenten (VOFTP). Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).
Evens, T., Donders, K., & Afilipoaie, A. (2020). Platform policies in the European Union: Competition and public interest in media markets. Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 11(3), 283-300. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00026_1
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