Events & Conferences in 2008

Events and conferences organised/co-organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory or with an active participation of Observatory team members.

November 2008

14 November 2008

13th annual Conference of Europa Cinemas
(Paris, France)

Participation of Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
Susan Newman will make a presentation during the session 1 "What are the local and regional public policies toward cinema venues?" on the following topic:

An overview of local and regional public funding policies towards cinemas across Europe.

More information on Europa Cinemas' website, here.

6 November 2008

Seminar: The development of the range of non-linear television in Europe

Conference room of the Hotel Righi, (200 metres from the Hotel Victoria),
Route de Caux, CH-1823 Glion (sur Montreux)

The European Audiovisual Observatory and the Swiss Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM) are co-organising a seminar on: The development of the range of non-linear television in Europe.

This workshop and the closing aperitif are freely accessible but require registration.
Invitation and registration form here.
Programme here.

Presentations:

	Legal questions around VoD Francisco Cabrera, European Audioviusal Observatory
	Les stratégies des diffuseurs face à l'essor  de la vidéo à la demande André Lange, Responsable du Département Informations  sur les marchés et les financements
	The BBC and On Demand TV: The iPlayer Matteo Maggiore, BBC
	France24, un nouveau modèle de media global 2.0 Stanislas Leridon, Audiovisuel extérieur France / France 24
	Schweizer Fernsehen on demand: Erfahrungen und Ausblick (La télévision suisse on demand : Expériences et perspectives d’avenir) Walter Bachmann, SRG SSR Idée Suisse

October 2008

30 - 31 October 2008

6th Annual Meeting of the European Film Agency Research Network (EFARN), hosted by the Irish Film Board
(Dublin, Ireland)

Participation of André Lange, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing and Susan Newman-Baudais and Martin Kanzler, analysts from this department.

The European Audiovisual Observatory acts as secretariat to the EFARN. Attendance by invitation only

Further information: susan.newman@coe.int.

30-31 October 2008

28th meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)
(Dublin, Ireland)

At the invitation of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland

On the agenda of this meeting will be the following issues:

• Implementing the scope of the AVMS Directive,
• the role of regulators in the supervision of public service broadcasting activities,
• media and political pluralism,
• regulatory approach to digital TV - Experience and lessons learned and the implementation of self and co-regulatory schemes.

Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information of the Observatory, will attend the conference and participate in the various workshops.
Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on markets and financing, and Deirdre Kevin, Analyst, will present the MAVISE database.

This is a closed event. Participation upon invitation only.

Website of the EPRA: http://www.epra.org/

27 October 2008

Cine Regio Annual Regional Meeting
(Leipzig, Germany)

Participation of Susan Newman-Baudais, analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing and presentation of the new KORDA database with a discussion on data collection on regional funds for the database.

Conference open only to members of Cine Regio.

21 October 2008

XXII Eurovisioni Cinema and Television Festival
(Rome, Italy)

Presentation by Deirdre Kevin, analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on markets and financing:

The MAVISE database. Analysing the supply in Europe of channels for specific cultural and ethnic communities and the presence in Europe of channels from third countries. (To the presentation, click here )

More information here.

2 - 3 October 2008

Meeting of Mediterranean Regulatory Authorities
(Reggio Calabria, Italy)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

More information here.

1st October 2008

Colloquium: The economic models of digital cinema and VoD
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF)

From 14:00 to 17:00, Palais des Congrès, Place d'Armes, Namur, Belgium

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Information on markets and financing.
André Lange will also be moderating the colloquium.

More information in French here.
Official website of FIFF: http://www.fiff.be/

September 2008

29 September 2008

Round table: The Filmmaker and Humanitarian Values
(London, United Kingdom)

Organised by the the Academia Rossica and the Institute of International Expertise.
Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director, and Martin Kanzler, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing.

Martin Kanzler will present his report on:

The circulation of European co-productions and entirely national films in Europe: 2001 to 2007.

For further information on the round table, click here.

25 September 2008

Screen International Conference: Digital Cinema 2008
(London, United Kingdom)

Participation of Martin Kanzler, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing.

For further information see: http://www.emapconferences.co.uk/digitalcinema/

23 September 2008

Workshop: Towards digital television in Russia and in Western Europe
(Moscow, Russia)

Organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory in collaboration with Groteck.

This seminar will examine the digital television landscape in Russia, with the presentation of a report on this subject commissioned by the Observatory. Broadcasting regulation and the question of authors’ rights in the Commonwealth of Independent States will also be discussed. The Observatory will present its latest analyses of the recent evolutions in the regulation of television and media audiovisual services in Western Europe and of the digital television and VoD markets in Western Europe.

Programme in English here.
Programme in Russian here.

To register for the conference, contact: kuzmina@groteck.ru

18 - 19 September 2008

Seminar on creative content on line
(Paris, France)

Organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the EU.
Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing.

For further information, click here.

11 - 13 September 2008

Council of Europe Film Policy Forum: "Shaping Policies for the Cinema of Tomorrow"
(Krakow, Poland)

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
Dr. Lange will present a report on coproductions and the circulation of European films during this conference:

The circulation of European co-productions and entirely national films in Europe: 2001 to 2007.

For further information, click here.

11 September 2008

André Lange will make a presentation of the European Audiovisual Observatory at the Polish National Radio and Television Council (KKRiT).

July 2008

17 - 18 July 2008

"Public service at the Digital Age"
(Strasbourg, France)

Seminar organised by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director, and of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.

Wolfgang Closs will be the moderator of the panel "Competition between public and commercial audiovisual services".
André Lange will participate to the panel "Financing of public service media and the emergence of paying services" and present a report on the comparative analysis of the financing of the public audiovisual media services in the European Union.

To consult André Lange's presentation: "Comparative analysis of the financing of the public audiovisual sector in the European Union", click here .
Also: "Some data to compare public and private TV programming", here .

More information here.
More information on the website of the DDM (Direction du développement des médias) here.

7 - 8 July 2008

Cinema, Europe, and the World: Which Film Cooperation Policy for the European Union?
(Paris, France)

Symposium organised by the Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC) in the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director, and of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.

A revised version of the report "The place of third country film and audiovisual works on the European Union market" published by the Observatory will be released on this occasion. For the first version of this report, click here.

More information on the symposium here: http://www.colloquecinemaeuropemonde.fr/

4 July 2008

Meeting of the working group of regulatory authorities of audiovisual media services
(Brussels, Belgium)

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, and of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.

June 2008

24 June 2008

Summer University of the SNPTV (National Society for Television Advertising)
(Paris, France)

Julie Ruff, analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will present the MAVISE database developed by the Observatory for the European Commission (DG Communication).

Further information in French here.

11 June 2008

Digital cinema: Current trends and future perspectives
Organised by the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Legal Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information in the round table entitled:

Session 1: Digital cinema overview
Policies – Data - Regulation – Protection of works

Programme in English here.

5 June 2008

Slovenian EU Presidency Congress: “Content online for creativity”

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information who will be the rapporteur for the working session on

Management of copyright online

Programme here.

May 2008

26 May 2008

Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya
(Barcelona, Spain)

Participation of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, to a working group. Presentation of the Observatori de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya.
Presentation of MAVISE - Database on television channels in Europe - to the members of the Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya.

18 May 2008

VoD – which licences for which markets?

European Audiovisual Observatory Afternoon in Cannes
Sunday, 18th May 2008 from 14.30 to 16.15

If you liked our VoD workshop – you’ll LOVE it on film! Click here!

Salon des Ambassadeurs, 4th Floor, Palais des Festivals (Cannes, France)

This conference will deal with the latest developments of the VoD markets in Europe as well as examining key legal aspects of VoD distribution.
Access to this conference is free to all those who have an accreditation to the Cannes Film Market or Festival. The languages of this conference are English and French.

Detailed programme of the Observatory afternoon, here
Registration form, here  [WORD]

For further information about this conference, send an email to: cannes@coe.int
Press release and photographies of the Observatory’s 2007 conference 'VoD vs. cinema', here.

16 May 2008

Rights Clearance in 2008 – Towards Clearer Rights?
(Cannes, France)

22nd Conference on International Audiovisual Law organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Institute of World Business Law and co-organised by International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL) in the framework of the Marché du Film. The European Audiovisual Observatory is a partner of this conference.

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Analyst from the Department for Legal Information, with a presentation in English entitled:

Legal Aspects of VoD - licensing issues in Europe.

See the programme of this conference here
Site of the ICC here.

14-16 May 2008

27th meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)
(Riga, Latvia)

At the invitation of the Broadcasting Council of Latvia

On the agenda of this meeting will be the following issues:
Media Literacy and regulators, Participation/call TV, Prohibited forms of advertising, Jurisdiction over third-countries broadcasters and Must-carry rules.

Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information of the Observatory, will attend the conference and participate in the various workshops.

This is a closed event. Participation upon invitation only.

Website of the EPRA: http://www.epra.org/

April 2008

12 April 2008

Expert roundtable seminar: Audiovisual Search. Regulatory Challenges for Audiovisual Abundance (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Co-organised by IViR (Institute for Information Law) and the Observatory.

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information and Francisco Cabrera, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information

Participation upon invitation only.

9 April 2008

	European Commission  Directorate General Communication
MIPTV 08 Mavise – Launch of a new TV Database Towards more transparency of the European Television Market
Wednesday 9.4.08 from 2pm to 4 pm Auditorium K, Fourth Floor, Palais des Festivals, Cannes
Jointly organised by: The European Commission (DG Communication) and the European Audiovisual Observatory. This atelier will launch officially the new TV database – MAVISE – created by the Observatory for the DG Communication of the European Commission.
Presentations:
Towards more economic transparency by André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory   The role of the European Commission in the European audiovisual sector by Thierry Vissol, Advisor Markets & Developments Presentation of the MAVISE European Television Database by Julie Ruff and Florence Hartmann, TV analysts from the Department for Information on markets and financing, European Audiovisual Observatory Analysing the household equipment market in the perspective of the analogue switchoff by Steve Gettings, Strategy & Market Developments, OFCOM Measuring the audiences in the principal audiovisual markets in Europe – current situation by Jacques Braun, International Director, Médiamétrie Tracking Satellite Television by Christian Lyngemark, Lyngemark Satellite
From left to right: Steve Gettings, OFCOM, and  Thierry Vissol, European Commission		Christian Lyngemark, Lyngemark Satellite
The panel: (from left to right) Florence Hartmann, Julie Ruff, Thierry Vissol, Wolfgang Closs and André Lange
Access to this conference is free to all those who have an accreditation to the MIP TV. The language of this conference is English. For the complete programme and registration form, click here [Word] For further information about this conference, send an email to: miptv@coe.int

March 2008

10 March 2008

“Television Perspectives”
organized by the EMR and the Saarländischer Rundfunk (Berlin, Germany)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

February 2008

28 February 2008

EU XXL Forum (Krems, Austria)

"VoD-market in Europe – Status Quo and market trends", presentation by André Lange.
More infos here.

11 February 2008

Meeting of the EFAD (Berlin, Germany)

Presentation by the European Audiovisual Observatory of the achievement of EFARN (European Film Agencies Research Network) at the meeting of the EFAD (European Film Agencies Directors), by André Lange and Susan Newman.

6 February 2008

Meeting of cinema expert group - Governmental experts (Centre "Albert Borschette, Brussels, Belgium)

Presentation by the European Audiovisual Observatory at the meeting of the Film experts Committee, organised by the European commission : “Distribution and broadcasting in the European Union of audiovisual works from Third countries – Co-production with Third countries”, by André Lange.

January 2008

21 - 25 January 2008

Exhibition on the Council of Europe's 13 partial agreements
(Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France)

European Audiovisual Observatory is taking part in a PR action targeting the members of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly. The Assembly is meeting in Strasbourg and a poster and flyer exhibition giving information on the Council of Europe's 13 partial agreements - of which the Observatory is one - is being organised in order to raise their awareness about what we do. Wolfgang Closs had the occasion to visit this exhibition and, on the same occasion, met the Council's Secretary General, Terry Davis, who expressed his satisfaction at this exhibition.