ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 elaborates on the macro- and meso-regional configurations in which the European media universe can be organized, by working on three major hypotheses. Firstly, we will refer to a well-established paradigm, Hallin and Mancini’s comparative media systems, with attention placed to its advanced operationalizations. A second model, also insisting on a regional pattern, will be drawn on the basis of the major economic parameters, which, as surprising as it may seem, are usually overlooked by media scholars. Finally, by means of the first-hand data we have collected, will zoom into the VOD market, by analyzing the geo-blocking strategies and the way the European movies and TV-series circulate – when they do circulate – across Europe, which will betray a regional bias as well.
