The State of Media Ownership and Media Markets: Competition or Concentration and Why Should We Care?

Winseck, Dwayne

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00061.x

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“…For this research we reviewed the annual reports of the CMT ( (2002), Noam (2009), Picard (1996 and Winseck (2008).…”

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New television platforms in Spain and their influence on the market

Santamaría¹,

Serrano²,

Díaz³

2014

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JV García Santamaría [CV] [ ORCID][ GS] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M -josevicente.garcia@uc3m.es MJ Pérez Serrano [CV] [ ORCID] [ GS] Universidad Complutense de Madrid, UCMmariajoseperezserrano@pdi.ucm.es G Alcolea Díaz [CV] [ ORCID] [ GS] CES Felipe II -UCM -galcolea@ucm.esAbstract Introduction. The acquisition of the Cuatro and La sexta television networks by Telecinco and Antena 3, respectively, has configured a new audiovisual landscape in Spain. The two new media platforms, now known as Mediaset España and Atresmedia, have accumulated considerable power in the free-to-air television market in terms of revenue, audience configuration and advertising sales figures. The objective of this article is to analyse the causes of these mergers, their influence on the Spanish television market, and to establish whether they put at risk -in terms of "relevant markets"-the survival of other players. Method. The study is based on the principles of the political economy of communication, which provides an integrated theoretical framework focused on media ownership and concentration. Results and conclusions. The overall conclusion is that, since 2010, when the first concentration deal was closed, the conditions of competition of the Spanish audiovisual market have been modified. KeywordsTelevision; media concentration; pluralism of information; media corporations. IntroductionAlthough the television value chain is experiencing great mutations, "television is neither dead nor dying, it is only entering, gradually, new phases without leaving behind many elements from the past" (López Villanueva, 2011: 9). Although, in the Internet era, the television business has been reduced substantially and is increasingly unstable, the broadcasting model still has sufficient weapons (large audiences and acceptable advertising revenue) to fight a fight that, after the digitisation and the emergence of the Internet, it no longer dominates.Meanwhile, and in the mid-term, television companies recur to concentration as a strategy to adapt themselves to an increasingly fragmented market, to distribute income among a smaller number of operators and even to carry out practices that go against legal and fair competition. But the main problem is that in the future they will not be able to guarantee income on the new distribution channels (Álvarez Monzoncillo, 2011: 238).Thus, the rapid developments in technology and the changes in consumer habits are altering the television landscape. While Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), thanks to the development of digital interactive applications, is testing new forms of communication to distribute TV content direct into individual households rather than mass audiences (Papathanassopoulos, 2002: 2), commercial television is still looking to maximise audiences and generate more value to increase advertising revenues.On the other hand, and in a context of severe economic recession, there has been also a strong economic and financial devaluation in the media sector. As Campos Freire (2013: 23) high...

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“…For this research we reviewed the annual reports of the CMT ( (2002), Noam (2009), Picard (1996 and Winseck (2008).…”

Section: Methods and Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

New television platforms in Spain and their influence on the market

Santamaría¹,

Serrano²,

Díaz³

2014

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“…Equally, major Internet start-up companies have emulated media conglomeration through mergers and acquisitions to extend their own market dominance. Winseck (2008), for example, suggests that Google's dominance of the search engine market introduces 'a phenomenon that we might call a "Googlopoly"' (43).…”

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Distorted Direction: A Critique of the Convergence Agenda in Media Policy Renewal

McEwan¹

2017

Media Peripheries

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In August 2015, a New Zealand Government discussion paper entitled Exploring Digital Convergence was released with the stated aim of generating public debate regarding the implications of digital convergence and any prospective government response. At face value, this convergence discussion offered a vital opportunity for a review of New Zealand media and communications policy that follows international precedent. While it is readily accepted that established media structures are being confronted with growing uncertainty and the formation of new media practices invites a regulatory response, this paper is critical of the specific application of convergence in the reimagining of media policy. Despite popular currency, convergence remains a highly contentious subject in media scholarship, open to diverse interpretation. Using official government documents, public submissions and in-depth interviews with broadcast industry stakeholders, this article provides a critical examination of convergence discussion in New Zealand. Consequently, this paper argues that a convergence approach to media regulation is constrained by the assumptive logic and contested meaning of the concept and not conducive to establishing meaningful reform for New Zealand's unique media landscape.

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“…The advances in the information technology, in particular the Internet, have helped contribute to the variety of channels, yet not led to the diversity of views in the news (Winseck, 2008). Murdock also observed that, although there's an increase in the number of the news channels, there is no increase in diversity and he said, 'plenty of news doesn't always mean a diversity of news, ' (1982: 120).…”

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Relationship Between Media Ownership and News Process in Turkey From the Political Economy Perspective

Bulut¹,

Karlidağ²

2016

JMC

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This study aims to explore how directly or indirectly control policies of Turkish political government towards media besides the ownership relations of the media affect the news making process. After 1980, Turkey experienced media concentration and media commercialism as a result of neoliberal policies. Though media concentration is a global phenomenon, the process has its own characteristics in Turkey. Free market is not supposed to have given rise to the birth of a free press. Intervention in relations and clientelism between the government and the media in history have merged with a rapid commercialism. This study examines the news making process with the political economy approach on the basis of the ownership structure and the relations between the media and the government. The study covers an analysis of 14 digital news portals based on their headlines between the dates 20-26 January 2015 and the hours 8:00 am. -11:00 pm. The data obtained indicate a similarity between the news portals in terms of topics agendas, and news discourse.

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The State of Media Ownership and Media Markets: Competition or Concentration and Why Should We Care?

Cited by 54 publications

References 3 publications

New television platforms in Spain and their influence on the market

New television platforms in Spain and their influence on the market

Distorted Direction: A Critique of the Convergence Agenda in Media Policy Renewal

Relationship Between Media Ownership and News Process in Turkey From the Political Economy Perspective

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