“The Assembly recalls the case law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to freedom of expression and media pluralism, which has clarified that States Parties have a positive obligation to put in place an appropriate legislative and administrative framework to guarantee effective pluralism, in
particular in the audiovisual sector. Both internal pluralism – within each media outlet – and external pluralism – across multiple outlets – should be considered together in order to guarantee diversity of overall programme content that reflects, as far as possible, the variety of opinions encountered in society.”