by Mitchell Shapiro | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Having appreciated my colleague Aleks’ Yankelevich’s creative use of a “food” metaphor to explain an important aspect of economic analysis, I thought it fitting, on the day of oral arguments in the legal challenge to the FCC’s Open Internet...
by Aleks Yankelevich | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
Growing up, my parents, brother, and I usually avoided restaurants. For my parents, this was initially out of necessity; as Soviet refugees, they did not have the financial means to eat out. However, even having achieved a modicum of success, my parents are not...
by William Dutton | Nov 26, 2015 | Blog
‘3D Yet Again’ A. Michael Noll November 26, 2015 © 2015 AMN Stereoscopic 3D has always created a strong fascination with its feelings of depth and realism. Today it has morphed into the hype of something called “holographic enhanced virtual reality.” As a...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog
In the past few weeks we’ve seen both a wireless and wireline carrier launch new “zero rating” video streaming services that test the boundaries of the FCC’s net neutrality policy: T-Mobile’s Binge On and Comcast’s Stream TV. According to published reports, FCC...
by William Dutton | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog
A welcome by our Department Head, Johannes Bauer: “I’d like to welcome Bianca C. (“Bibi”) Reisdorf, who last week arrived in East Lansing to join the Quello Center as a postdoc. Prior to coming the MSU, Bianca worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Media and...
by William Dutton | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog
Is Over-the-Air Radio Dying? A. Michael Noll November 2, 2015 © 2015 AMN Does the Internet and streaming mean that broadcast over-the-air radio is dying? History tells us that a new medium does not mean the death of old media. There usually is room for all, although...
by William Dutton | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog
The Department of Media and Information in the College of Communication at MSU is inviting applications for the Information and Media Studies PhD Program. This is one good way to get involved in Quello Center research projects. The Information and Media Studies PhD...
by William Dutton | Oct 25, 2015 | Blog
Responses to Questions on the Inquiry into ‘Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market’ by the Internal Market Subcommittee of the Select Committee on the European Union, House of Lords [For background see the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe]...
by William Dutton | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog
I have just completed a stimulating and informative visit to Hong Kong as the 2015 Institute of Creativity Distinguished Visitor at Hong Kong Baptist University. It was an honor but also an opportunity to catch up with colleagues and developments in research across...
by William Dutton | Oct 10, 2015 | Blog
The Quello Center congratulates our Advisory Board Member, John D. Evans, Chairman and CEO, Evans Telecommunications Co., on being honored by inclusion in the Cable Center’s Hall of Fame Class of 2016. The Cable Hall of Fame ‘recognizes those ground-breaking leaders...