German Association for Telecommunications and Media
The German Association for Telecommunications and Media eV (DVTM) is an interest group of the companies involved in the telecommunications and media value chain . The association is based in Bonn .
The association represents the interests of its 32 member companies vis-à-vis politics and legislators, ministries, the Federal Network Agency and the EU Commission . Members include suppliers of Better tainment services (gambling like sports betting , online casino , poker and secondary lotteries ), service providers, network operators , service providers, resellers , technical service providers, media and publishing houses as well as consulting and debt collection companies .
Organs of the DVTM
The honorary board currently consists of five members. The operative business is managed by a full-time managing director.
| function | Surname | Companies |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | Renatus Zilles | Converge Consulting |
| Board | Wulf Hambach | Hambach & Hambach Lawyers |
| Board | Andreas Blue | Sport1 Medien AG |
| Board | Marco Priewe | InternetQ GmbH |
| Board | Philipp Kadel | Diagonal Inkasso GmbH |
| executive Director | Christian Heins | DVTM eV |
DVTM think tank
The DVTM is supported by a voluntary and independent "think tank" with personalities from the fields of politics, business and science.
| Surname | Last current function |
|---|---|
| Wolfgang Clement | Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and Federal Minister for Economics and Labor a. D. |
| Detlef Eckert | Global Policy Affairs, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Former Director at the European Commission |
| Iris Henseler-Unger | Director and managing director of WIK GmbH and managing director of WIK-Consult GmbH, former vice-president of the Federal Network Agency |
| Karl-Heinz Neumann | Senior Advisor WIK-Consult GmbH, former director and managing director of WIK GmbH / WIK-Consult GmbH |
| Hans-Joachim Otto | Lawyer and notary, member of the German Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary to the former Federal Minister for Economic Affairs . D. |
| Wolf-Dieter Ring | Lawyer, President of the Bavarian State Center for New Media a. D. |
| Peter Schaar | Chairman of the European Academy for Freedom of Information and Data Protection Berlin (EAID), Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information a. D. |
| Norbert Schneider | Director of the State Agency for Media North Rhine-Westphalia a. D. |
| Patrick Sensburg | Member of the German Bundestag , Chairman of the Committee on Election Review, Immunity and Rules of Procedure, Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Parliamentary Control Committee (PKGr), member of the Council of Elders of the German Bundestag |
| Georg Serentschy | Internationally active consultant, previously head of the Austrian telecommunications regulatory authority RTR and chairman of BEREC |
| Helmut Thoma | Founder of RTL Television , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of freenet AG , media consultant |
| Michael Vesper | Former Deputy Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, former Chairman of the Board of the German Olympic Sports Confederation ( DOSB ) |
tasks and goals
According to its own statements, the association's aim is to create a future-oriented, innovative and competitive telecommunications and media market in harmony with consumers, politics and business . The DVTM wants to achieve prevention and self-regulation for new innovative business models as well as the successful establishment of self-regulating and consumer-protecting market standards.
The members act voluntarily within the framework of the German Code for Telecommunications and Media , which is published by the DVTM. The code formulates industry standards and enables them to actively shape the market. It is regularly updated by a commission of experts. A Code Advisory Board made up of telecommunications, media and regulation experts is to ensure through regular exchange that the Code takes up current and timely regulatory deficits and reacts preventively to market developments.
background
The DVTM emerged in February 2011 from the Association for Voluntary Self-Control of Added Value Telephone Services (FST), which was founded in 1997 . The FST was an amalgamation primarily of content and service providers as well as network operators and focused in particular on classic information and value-added services . Due to the increasing convergence of telecommunications and media as well as other changing framework conditions, the association broadened its range of topics. Today the DVTM wants to dedicate itself to all topics that companies and consumers encounter in the convergent telecommunications and media market.
Topics of the DVTM
Below are some of the topics and contents currently dealt with by the DVTM:
- Gambling and bettertainment topics: State Treaty on Gaming (GlüStV) and State Treaty Amendment Amendment (GlüÄndStV)
- Update of the German Code for Telecommunications and Media
- Mobile Commerce : Certification of Apps
- Receipt of the " call-by-call " and " preselection " market
- Accompanying the introduction of the Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG II)
- Location policy: digitization , network expansion ( fiber optics , 5G ) and artificial intelligence (AI)
- Value-added service numbers : regulation in line with market conditions, uniform and consumer-friendly pricing
Web links
- DVTM website : website of the DVTM
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imprint - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. December 21, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ DVTM | Members. Retrieved on July 25, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Team - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. January 20, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ^ Organization - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. December 21, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Christian Heins takes over the management of DVTM - German Association for Telecommunication and Media eV | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. August 15, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Think Tank of the DVTM - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. December 21, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Progress or regression in the search for a major online gaming reform? "| DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TC and Media. August 15, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Codex for Germany / Code of Conduct - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. December 21, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ FairApp Siegel - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. December 21, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Regulatory authority gives in to call by call after criticism from Brussels | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. August 15, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ October 12, 2017 Result of the agreement with the BMF and BAFIN | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. October 12, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Digital revolution, is our "national interest" negatively affected by political hesitation? | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. August 15, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ 4G speed too slow: The speed lie of the cell phone companies. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Waiting loops - German Association for Telecommunications and Media | DVTM. In: DVTM - German Association for TK and Media. December 21, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2019 (German).