Das Privatfernsehen in Deutschland entstand in den 1980er Jahren aus einer historisch gewachsenen Mischung wirtschaftlicher Interessen mit politischen Wunschvorstellungen. Als es endlich soweit war, rieb sich das Establishment angesichts des tatsächlichen Programmangebots verwundert die Augen.
Continue Reading...It rarely happens anymore that somebody suggests climate change could be a good thing. Yet at the annual conference of the German Association of State Media Authorities, it happened a lot, and for a reason.
Continue Reading...News consumption is a function of the education level of a society and of citizens’ sense of ownership of the public sphere. Forcing media businesses to dangle news as a carrot in front of an apathetic audience will not help.
Continue Reading...On 15 and 16 October, 2009, the EJC hosted yet another conference in its Innovation series, titled “Innovations in Youth Media and Next Generation Classroom”, and I was kindly invited to moderate the Maastricht event. Here are some conclusions I drew.
Continue Reading...About 400 of the older guests (including myself) of the Gamescom trade fair convened on 20 August at a one-day Gamescom Congress to listen to politicians, regulators and academics trying to come to grips with the gaming phenomenon.
Continue Reading...Nicht weniger als eine innovative Grundlage für die Medienregulierung erwartete die Europäische Kommission von ihrem “Media Pluralism Monitor”. Das Ziel der Übung besteht darin, einen EU-weit einheitlichen Maßstab für das Konzept des Medienpluralismus zu entwickeln.
Continue Reading...How – if at all – is it possible to objectively measure media pluralism? The new Media Pluralism Monitor has developed a set of criteria sufficiently universal to be applied to all 27 different media landscapes in the European Union.
Continue Reading...On 16 June, 2008, the Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research (CAMMRO) held its fouth annual conference at the King’s College in London. What became very clear during the day is how deeply the emergent transnational satellite television channels and the Internet affect politics, the public sphere, and the daily lives of the peoples concerned.
Continue Reading...When you look at it from the perspective of media pluralism and public value, there is no discernable difference between financial and strategic investors.
Continue Reading...As a new law is about to deliver to Public Broadcasters a golden opportunity to innovate and enhance the public’s attention and appreciation for their real and future value, they are trying to nip it in the bud.
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