This publication contains the papers that were presented in the public debate organized on 2^nd May 2006 by the Departmentof Communication and Media Studies of the University of Athens in collaboration with the Goethe-Institute of Athens on the occasion of the governmental announcement of a new regulation regarding the competition of ideas in the field of public discourse.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Introduction (YannisPanousis), ... page 1 

PART ONE - PAPERS

Α. Dieter Dorr: Pluralismussicherung und Konzentrationskontrolle im Medienbereich. Das Zuschaueranteilsmodell des Rundfunkstaatsvertrages, ... page 9

Assurance of Pluralism and Concentration Control in the Media. The audience share-based system for assurance of pluralism according to the Convention on broadcasting of the federated states of the Federal Republic of Germany(Greektranslation), ... page 24 

Β. Peter Michael Huber:

Die Entscheidung der KEK zur Übernahme von ProSiebenSat1 durch die Axel Springer AG, ... page 41

The decision of the Commission on Concentration in the Media (KEK)on the acquisition of ProSiebenSat1 by Axel Springer AG(Greektranslation), ... page 70 

C. Αthanasios D. Tsevas:

Assurance of pluralism and concentration control in the media according to Greek law. Remarks on the occasion of the public debate on a new regulation of the competition of ideas in the field of public discourse, ... page 105

 D. DimitrisCharalambis:

Freedom of expression, pluralism and transparency in the field of electronic media. The Greek Experience: From the loss of state monopoly to the "incompatible statuses" of the "major shareholder" and the perspectives of rationalization in the era of digital technology, ... page 129 

PART TWO - LEGISLATION 

Α. GERMAN LEGISLATION, ... page 161

Staatsvertrag für Rundfunk und Telemedien (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag - RStV),

2. Unterabschnitt: Sicherung der Meinungsvielfalt, ... page 161

Convention on broadcasting and telemedia of the federated states of the Federal Republic of Germany,

Subsection 2: Assurance of pluralism (Greektranslation), ... page 170

 Β. GREEKLEGISLATION, ... page 181

Lawon «ConcentrationandLicencingofMediaEnterprisesandotherprovisions,... page 181