A VIEW ON MEDIACONCENTRATION CONCENTRATION AND DIVERSITY OF THE DUTCH MEDIA 2002 © May 2003 The Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) Colophon The report ‘A View on Media Concentration’ is a publication of The Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media). Graphic design ankerxstrijbos grafisch ontwerp bno, Utrecht, the Netherlands Printer Libertas Bunnik Commissariaat voor de Media Hoge Naarderweg 78, 1217 AH Hilversum, the Netherlands Postbus 1426, 1200 BK Hilversum, the Netherlands Tel: +31 35 773 77 00 - Fax: +31 35 773 77 99 -
[email protected] www.cvdm.nl ii A view on media concentration CONTENTS Preface 3 Summary, conclusions and recommendations 5 1. Introduction 13 1.1 Aim of the Media Concentration Monitor 13 1.2 Forms of media concentration 14 1.3 Terminology 14 1.4 Defining the relevant market 15 1.5 Structure of the Monitor 18 2. Press 19 2.1 Introduction 19 2.2 The daily paper sector 19 2.3 The newspaper and door-to-door paper sector 32 2.4 The magazine sector 35 2.5 Specialist journals 39 2.6 Analysis, evaluation and policy 40 3. Television 43 3.1 Introduction 43 3.2 The television sector 43 3.3 Programming concentration 53 3.4 Diversity national television market 54 3.5 Public preferences 60 3.6 Producer market 61 3.7 Cable distribution 65 3.8 Analysis, evaluation and policy 71 4. Radio 75 4.1 Introduction 75 4.2 The radio sector 75 4.3 Supplier concentration 81 4.4 Diversity 82 4.5 Public preferences 84 4.6 Distributors 87 4.7 Analysis, evaluation and policy 88 5.