http://www.eubusiness.com <p><strong>Latest business news about the Audiovisual and Media policies in the European Union.</strong></p><p><img src="../av-ec.jpg" class="image-right" alt="AV graphic" height="128" width="128" hspace="10" vspace="5" />The audiovisual sector directly employs over one million people in the EU. It also plays a key social and cultural role - TV remains the foremost source of information and entertainment in Europe, with most homes having a television and the average European watching up to 4 hours a day.</p><p> Audiovisual content is also increasingly accessed through on demand services.</p><p><strong>FACT SHEETS</strong></p> <p><strong>General Information</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="../priorities">Key Priorities for the EU Media and Audiovisual Policy </a></li><li><a href="../policies-ecomm">Key Audiovisual and Media Policies of the European Union: eCommunications</a></li><li><a href="../policies-i2010">Key Audiovisual and Media Policies of the European Union: i2010</a></li><li><a href="../directives">Key directives: Television without Frontiers</a></li><li><a href="../directives2">Key directives: Audiovisual Media Services Directive</a></li><li><a href="../onlinecontent">Laws on the distribution of content online </a></li></ul> <p><strong>Expand your business</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="../funding">Tender procedures in the field of Media policy in the EU</a></li><li><a href="../funding2">Funding opportunities in the field of Media Policy: the MEDIA Programme</a></li></ul><p></p><p><a href="../contacts"><strong>EU Information Society and Media Contacts</strong></a></p> </p> <hr /> <h2>LATEST NEWS</h2> daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/belarus-poland-us.3mm Unidentified men in the ex-Soviet nation of Belarus Tuesday searched the offices of a top news website and the home of a leading opposition journalist, a spokesman for the news portal said. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Belarus police media Poland US 2010-03-16T17:06:47Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-france.2v6 European competition regulators said Wednesday they would consider a complaint from a German press agency against AFP, accused of benefiting from illegal French state aid. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. media Germany competition France 2010-02-24T22:12:11Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/turkey-france-media.2h5 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rebuked French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday over his opposition to Turkey joining the European Union. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Turkey France media 2010-01-30T21:27:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/video-games-protection Strong growth in the European video game market and the development of new media has increased the risk that consumers will be exposed to illegal or harmful content. The video game industry has introduced a self-regulatory video game rating system aimed particularly at the protection of minors. No publisher Ina Dimireva EU Law Media video games EU Law summaries safety Consumer EU legislation 2010-01-12T18:40:09Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/data-protection New technologies, and in particular the Internet and electronic messaging services, call for specific requirements to ensure that users have a right to privacy. This EU Directive contains provisions that are crucial to ensuring that users can trust the services and technologies they use for communicating electronically. The main provisions apply to spam, ensuring the user's prior consent ("opt-in"), and the installation of cookies. No publisher Ina Dimireva EU Law Media EU Law summaries Internet data EU legislation 2010-01-07T16:02:24Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/authorisation-mobile-services Mobile satellite services (MSS) present enormous potential at the EU level. Their deployment contributes to reducing the geographical digital divide by enabling citizens to benefit from innovations in telecommunications and broadcasting (high-speed internet, mobile television, emergency communications, etc.). This Decision aims to develop a pan-European market for mobile satellite services by introducing a unique selection procedure of economic operators at the Community level. No publisher Ina Dimireva satellite EU Law Media EU Law summaries services EU legislation 2010-01-07T16:02:43Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/kyrgyzstan-media.22r Sweden, holders of the EU rotating presidency, voiced deep concern Wednesday at the death of Kyrygyz opposition journalist who fell from a window in Almaty, his hands and feet bound. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan media rights 2009-12-23T13:17:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/avms The Audiovisual Media Services Directive covers all EU audiovisual media services (including on-demand services) in the digital age. It amends and renames the Television without Frontiers Directive, providing less detailed but more flexible regulation. And it modernises TV advertising rules to better finance audiovisual content. The directive had to be transposed into national law by the 19th December 2009. No publisher eub2 television 2009-12-21T17:03:38Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/modernising-tv Two years after the adoption of modernising EU TV rules removing outdated restrictions on digital TV over the internet, video on demand and mobile TV, only three countries – Belgium, Romania and Slovakia – have officially notified the European Commission of measures putting them in place, as required under EU law. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive) rebooted EU rules on traditional TV broadcasting for the digital age. EU countries had until 19 December 2009 to turn the modernised rules for Europe's audiovisual industry into national law. The Directive creates a single market for all audiovisual media services, providing legal certainty for businesses and protection for consumers. No publisher eub2 television 2009-12-21T17:17:31Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/media-advertising.21p Regulators on Monday ordered a host of European Union countries that missed a deadline to implement new continent-wide digital advertising rules to shape up or face legal action. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline media advertising 2009-12-21T17:19:31Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/mobile-tv-law This communication presents examples of EU Member States’ regulatory best practice for mobile TV networks and services. It covers the authorisation models for such networks and services, as well as particular issues related to the different levels of the regulatory regime. No publisher Ina Dimireva television EU Law Media EU Law summaries EU legislation 2009-12-15T23:10:08Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/britain-rights.1yv Five media companies won a ruling at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday recognising the right of journalists to protect anonymous sources. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2009 AFP. All other Copyright 2009 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. rights EU Law media Britain Headline2 2009-12-16T11:44:14Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/eulaw/media/online-content Online content knows no bounds and is on the increase. Reaching almost 500 million consumers, content services could significantly enhance the competitiveness of the European music, film and games industry by 2010. This is why the European Commission is encouraging the development of a stronger and more consumer-friendly internal market for online creative content within the European Union. No publisher inadim Single Market EU Law Media EU Law summaries Internet EU legislation 2009-12-07T22:45:39Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/online-content Online content knows no bounds and is on the increase. Reaching almost 500 million consumers, content services could significantly enhance the competitiveness of the European music, film and games industry by 2010. This is why the European Commission is encouraging the development of a stronger and more consumer-friendly internal market for online creative content within the European Union. No publisher Ina Dimireva Single Market EU Law Media EU Law summaries Internet EU legislation 2009-12-03T15:19:26Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/lux-prize.eu The objective of the LUX Prize (light) is to illuminate the public debate on European integration and to facilitate the diffusion of European films in the European Union. The LUX Prize will finance the subtitling and the kinescope recording of the winning film in the 23 official EU languages. The original language recording will be adapted for sub-titling for hard of hearing and deaf people. No publisher eub2 Media 2009-11-25T12:56:36Z Link