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Legal name: Kommission zur Ermittlung der Konzentration im Medienbereich (KEK)
Country: Germany
Type: Regulator
Founded: Not disclosed
Head: Prof. Dr. Georgios Gounalakis (Vorsitzender)
Claim: Not claimed by the organisation
Last verified: Not yet

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Networks Nothing disclosed

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Public contact address not disclosed
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Brand names Pending check: KEK
Kommission zur Ermittlung der Konzentration im Medienbereich
Registration number Pending check: (Organ of the Landesmedienanstalten established by § 104 Medienstaatsvertrag (MStV); no legal personality of its own)
Registered address: Not disclosed
Public contact email: Not disclosed

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Owner or founding authority Pending check: Owner Holding Owner type
Landesmedienanstalten der Länder (the KEK is their organ under § 104 MStV; six experts are appointed by the heads of the Länder governments, six members are legal representatives of Landesmedienanstalten) Direct State or public body
State or public-body ownership Pending check: Fully state-owned
Answers to Pending check: The 14 Landesmedienanstalten (organ under § 104 MStV), joint office through die medienanstalten – ALM GbR

Owner	Holding	Owner type
Landesmedienanstalten der Länder (the KEK is their organ under § 104 MStV; six experts are appointed by the heads of the Länder governments, six members are legal representatives of Landesmedienanstalten)	Direct	State or public body

1 source

Medienstaatsvertrag (MStV) § 104, gesetze-bayern.de (text valid from 01.12.2025), read 2026-10-20 (Abs. 5: KEK = six experts appointed for five years by the heads of the Länder governments plus six legal representatives of Landesmedienanstalten; Abs. 8: not bound by instructions; Abs. 10: costs covered from the Landesmedienanstalten' share under § 10 Rundfunkfinanzierungsstaatsvertrag)

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How it is funded Pending check: Source Share of revenue
State budget Over 50%
Budget and funding bodies Pending check: Funder Type Note
Landesmedienanstalten, from their share of the Rundfunkbeitrag under § 10 Rundfunkfinanzierungsstaatsvertrag Government or public body KEK costs covered under § 104 Abs. 10 MStV; amounts not found

Source	Share of revenue
State budget	Over 50%

Funder	Type	Note
Landesmedienanstalten, from their share of the Rundfunkbeitrag under § 10 Rundfunkfinanzierungsstaatsvertrag	Government or public body	KEK costs covered under § 104 Abs. 10 MStV; amounts not found

1 source

Medienstaatsvertrag (MStV) § 104, gesetze-bayern.de (text valid from 01.12.2025), read 2026-10-20 (Abs. 5: KEK = six experts appointed for five years by the heads of the Länder governments plus six legal representatives of Landesmedienanstalten; Abs. 8: not bound by instructions; Abs. 10: costs covered from the Landesmedienanstalten' share under § 10 Rundfunkfinanzierungsstaatsvertrag)

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Channels

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Official websites Pending check: kek-online.de
Official social accounts: Not disclosed

1 source

die medienanstalten, contact page (Dr. Wolfgang Kreißig), read 2026-10-20 (footer: die medienanstalten - ALM GbR, Friedrichstraße 60, 10117 Berlin, info@die-medienanstalten.de; links to KEK at kek-online.de, KJM, ZAK, GVK; LinkedIn)

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Networks

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Agencies and funds under it: Not disclosed
Public-office or party roles of board members: Not disclosed

Change history

Version	Date	What changed
1	4 November 2026	First published

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