Category Archives: AVMS Directive
Monday 21st May 2012
Two weeks ago, as reported in our news section, the European Commission released its latest Study of the Audiovisual Services Directive (AVMS). This Study specifically reviewed Articles 13, 16 and 17. The Study is a result of a requirement in the Directive that the performance of these clauses should be reviewed every two years. These clauses are about securing a given amount of European content on broadcast media, including new online services. They do not relate to cinematic releases of films or retail media like DVDs. The clauses … Read more…
Thursday 5th January 2012
I wrote recently about the “format” revolution that started in the 1990′s. It originated in Europe. Netherlands-based Endemol was a key player. Endemol created the iconic show Big Brother. Time-Warner is a great company, but I hope Endemol remains European. In the next few weeks, the ownership of Endemol will be weighed in meeting rooms and conference calls. Before Christmas Time Warner changed their offer for Endemol to $1.3bn all-cash. The creditors, however, support a debt restructuring. That could help keep the firm in European ownership. Creditors, it … Read more…
Tuesday 30th August 2011
I was fortunate to hear Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google, speak at the Edinburgh Television Festival and to attend the Question and Answer session the following morning. Schmidt posed one big question — in my view a massively important one: why hasn’t a country like the UK built large technology companies? (He reminded us that the first commercial use of a computer was at the headquarters of J. Lyons, once famous for its tea shops, in West London). For the audience of British TV Executives the question took a … Read more…
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Friday 10th June 2011
We are in the middle of a large project for the European Commission and just beginning to see the picture that is emerging from this work — that is a picture of Europe’s audiovisual industries seen from a pan-European perspective. We find, as before, a series of cultural islands, with some island clusters — the Scandinavian countries act like a kind of cluster as do the countries that share the same language, France, Belgium, parts of Switzerland, for example. The UK is part of a more complex structure … Read more…
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