"Market Power and Control of Concentration on the Television Market" on the 7th May 1999 in Cologne
Regarding some spectacular consolidations in the field of media, the topic of this years conferece of the Institute for Broadcasting Economics and Institute for Media Law is of great relevance. In front of about 250 participants, the speakers discussed the causes and the possibilities of controlling market power in the media sector.
Program of the conference on the 7th May 1999:
"Market Power and Control of Concentration on the Television Market"
Prof. Dr. Hanns Prütting:
Welcome Speech and Introduction
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kübler, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Concentration in the Media, Frankfurt:
The Concentration in Media and its Control
Dr. Manfred Kops, Manager of the Institute for Broadcasting Economics, Cologne:
National Control of Concentration and international competitiveness
Wolfgang Thaenert, Director of the Hesse regional office for private broadcasting, AdöR, Kassel:
Practical Questions and Applications of Regulations regarding Laws of Concentration of the broadcasting treaty
Prof. Dr. Hanns Prütting, Director of the Institute for Media Law, Cologne:
The Assumption of dominant Opinion-Makers
Prof. Dr. Erwin K. Scheuch, Chairman of the Cologne Society of Social Research, Cologne:
An Evaluation of the market Share Model from a perspective based on communication science
Discussion after each presentation:
Manager of the discussion: Prof. Dr. Horst Schellhaaß, Prof. Dr. Günter Sieben
Conference proceedings were published in the "Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Rundfunkrecht" Beck-Verlag Volume 79.