The media world has changed fundamentally since the founding of the Commission on Concentration in the Media (KEK) 15 years ago. The task of media concentration law is to prevent the emergence of one dominant public-opinion-maker on media markets. This applies to horizontal concentration, to crossmedial connections, for example, between broadcasting and the press, and to connections between prevailing influences in broadcasting and other influential positions in upstream and downstream markets. What is missing, especially with respect to a viable market definition, is a development in media concentration law that takes into account today’s new digital diversity and distribution paths. In other words, media concentration law must be reformed. But how? What changes must be made to media concentration law in order to enable it to adapt to today’s media market conditions?
Greeting
Dr. Richard Meng, State Secretary and Berlin Senate Spokesman
Statements and Podium
Jürgen Doetz, President, German Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Audiovisual Services (VPRT), Berlin
Christoph Keese, President for Public Affairs, Axel Springer, Berlin
Annette Kümmel, Senior Vice President Media Policy, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Unterföhring
Prof. Insa Sjurts, Chairman, Commission on Concentration in the Media (KEK), Potsdam
Martin Stadelmaier, State Secretary of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz
Dr. Stefan Tweraser, Country Director Germany, Google Germany, Hamburg
Peter Weber, Vice Director Legal Affairs, ZDF, Mayence
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Volker Lilienthal, Professor for Journalism and Communication studies, University of Hamburg
