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Lawmaker: ‘Cultural economy’ to reward creators
The EU should pay more attention to the content placed in the media and take into account concentration issues and financial support for filmmakers, argues French MEP Jean-Marie Cavada. The chair of the European Parliament's newly-established media intergroup spoke to EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.Survey finds editors ‘positive’ about newspapers’ future
The 'Newsroom Barometer', a new global survey conducted for the Paris-based World Editors Forum and Reuters, has found that the vast majority of newspaper editors worldwide are optimistic about the future of their newspapers.MEDIA-supported movie takes best foreign film Oscar
German film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of the Others) by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, won the Oscar for best foreign language film at the 79th Academy Awards on 25 February 2007.MEDIA 2007 unveils EU-film budget boost
More than 750 million euro will be made available to European film-makers over the next seven years, Commissioner Viviane Reding announced at the Berlin Film Festival on 11 February 2007.EU citizens’ input sought on media literacy
“Media literacy is as central to active and full citizenship as literacy was at the beginning of the 19th century,” says Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding, heralding the launch of a Commission consultation.Commission announces support for media-literacy mission
The European Charter for Media Literacy, set up to help citizens play a full role in 21st-century European culture, democracy and social life has been endorsed by the Commission.Analysis: ‘Europe in Dialogue’ – the EU communication policy
The 15th issue of “EU-Nachrichten”, published by the German representation of the EU Commission, deals with the white paper on a European communication policy presented by the Commission on 1 February 2006. Concentrating on Germany and German actors, this issue presents examples of and proposals for the debate. The complete version of this publication is available in German.More competition on football media rights – more viewing choice for fans
A Commission decision ending British Sky Broadcasting's exclusive rights to the English FA Premier League live matches aims to increase innovation through more competition in providing coverage to football fans.Media ownership in Europe: the bigger picture
A new report by the European Federation of Journalists highlights the problems of the growing concentration of the media in the EU and beyond - a call for action to protect media plurality.Co-Regulation Measures in the EU Media Sector
This study, commissioned by DG Infsoc from the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, and the Institute of European Media Law in Saarbrücken, (Germany) aims at providing a complete picture of co-regulatory measures taken to date in the media sector in all 25 EU Member States and in three non-EU-countries, as well as of the research already done in this field.The publishing industry [Archive]
DG Information Society has made boosting the competitiveness of the European print industry a priority. To this end, the Commission held, in autumn 2005, a consultation to gather stakeholders' views on the policies needed for the industry.European TV getting dumber and dumber, study says
A hard-hitting report by the Open Society Institute criticises dumbing down and trivialisation of TV content throughout Europe, as a result of ineffective regulation and insufficient funding of high-quality public service TV.Commission to smooth the way for publishers
DG Information Society has begun a consultation to define its policies to boost the competitiveness of the European print industry.EU and the media: Brussels, no thanks!
The turmoil surrounding the services directive shows all too clearly that there is a considerable divide between the media and Brussels. Often an issue only receives media attention when a decision has already been taken. This article by Manuel Lianos, editor-in-chief of Politik & Kommunikation, explains the main problems.Green light for ‘French CNN’
The Commission has approved the state financing of a French language international television news network that hopes to challenge the likes of US-based CNN and Arabian Al-Jazeera.No privileges for German in Commission press conferences
The row that broke out over the addition of German as an 'automatic' language in press conferences alongside French and English has been resolved.German broadcasting deal – EU template for future agreements?
The new EU-brokered deal for top flight German football broadcasting rights is designed to act as a template for member states to implement Community law at national level, says EU competition spokesperson.Commissioners’ new voices
The Barroso Commission's communication seems to be firmly in the hands of women. The new head of the spokespersons' service, Françoise Le Bail, has two other women as her deputy spokespersons.