On the 11th November 2003 a conference took place in the rooms of the University of Cologne, organized by the Institute for Broadcasting Economics. The topic was: "Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters in the Dual Broadcasting System"

The eligibility of Public Service Broadcasters Online Services was discussed from a competition-therory based perspective. Moreover there were debates about the profitability of Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters and about appropriate forms of financing. There were about 100 participants from different fields as politics, economy and economy of media.
The presentations are already published in the series of working papers of the Institute for Broadcasting Economics both in print and in PDF files. Conference proceedings are not published in a book, because of the large number of publications and future publications about this topic and because of the ongoing developements.

Program of the conference on the 11th November 2003:

"Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters in the Dual Broadcasting System":

Prof. Dr. Tassilo Küpper, Head of the University of Cologne
Welcome Speech

Prof. Dr. Horst M. Schellhaaß, Institute for Broadcasting Economics
Introduction

A. Aspects of Competition of Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters

Dr. Richard Rebmann, National Association of German Newspaper Publishers:
Online Services as an anticompetitive offer of the Public Service Broadcasting

Prof. Peter Voß, Südwestrundfunk:
Online Services as an indispensable taskof Public Service Broadcasters

B.The Profitability of Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters 

Prof. Dr. Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne:
Business potentials of Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters

Dr. manfred Kops, Institute for Broadcasting Economics.
Financial requirements of the Online Servoices of Public Service Broadcasters

C. Financing of the Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters

Jan-Gerrit Westerhof, European Commission:
Financing of the Online Services of Public Service Broadcasters considering the EU Subsidy Ordinances

Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle, Second German Television (ZDF):
Forms of Financing of the Online Services of the Public Service Broadcasters

Prof. Dr. Günter Sieben, Institute for Broadcasting Economics:
Closing Words