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Events & Conferences in 2011
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| November 2011 |  |
22 November 2011
Public investment in culture and communications
(Brussels, Belgium)The Institute for Media Economics (IEM) of Fondazione Rosselli will be presenting, at the European Parliament in Brussels, 22nd November at 6:30 pm, room ASP 3G3, the study “Public investment in culture and communications ”.
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, and Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst Film Industry from this Department, will participate to this event.
Programme here.
13 - 15 November 2011
First Regional conference of the Programme Euromed Audiovisual III
(Tunis, Tunisia)
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, and Sahar Ali, Project Officer, will make a presentation of the project “Study for establishing sustainable data collection in the Mediterranean countries” in the framework of the project CDSU Regional Capacity Development Support Unit.
Objectives, challenges and modalities of data collection on the audiovisual markets – The experience of the European Audiovisual Observatory
Presentation by André Lange
More information here: http://www.euromedaudiovisuel.net/
Presentation of the project by Sahar Ali
9 - 10 November 2011
9th Annual Meeting of the European Film Agency Research Network (EFARN)
(Paris, France)
Organised in collaboration with the Centre National du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC).
The European Audiovisual Observatory acts as secretariat to the EFARN.
Network co-ordination and meeting organisation by Susan Newman-Baudais.Participation of André Lange, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing as well as Susan Newman-Baudais and Martin Kanzler, analysts from this department.
The participants of the EFARN meeting.Audrey Azoulay, Directrice générale déléguée du CNC, and
Susan Newman-Baudais, Observatoire européen de l'audiovisuel
8 November 2011
Presentation of the report of J’Son & Partners Consulting "Television and on-demand audiovisual services in the Russian Federation in 2011"
(Moscow, Russia)Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, and of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
More information here
[English]
[Russian]
| October 2011 | |
29 October 2011
European Audiovisual Day – Media – 20 years of passion
Rome Film Festival (Rome, Italy)André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, and Martin Kanzler, analyst from the same department, will present respectively the Observatory’s new reports on film funding in Europe and digital cinema produced in collaboration with Media Salles during this conference.
Free access to the conference upon registration before the 25 October by sending an email to:
info@mediadeskitalia.euMore information on the European Audiovisual Day here PDF
Detailed programme here PDF
26 - 27 october 2011
Digital broadcasting in Europe: regulatory, legal and technical aspects
(Kyiv, Ukraine)Participation of Wolfgang Closs and presentation by Deirdre Kevin, television analyst on the current status of digital switchover in Europe.
More on the website of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine here.
18 -19 October 2011
CineKid Professional Conference (part of the CineKid Festival)
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)The CineKid Media Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
To celebrate the event the CineKid Professional conference has commissioned a new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory on the circulation in European cinemas of films for children and the programming of animation on European television. Written by Susan Newman Baudais and Martin Kanzler, the report will be presented by Observatory market analyst Susan Newman Baudais in Amsterdam on 18th October 2011.
More information on the festival here: http://www.cinekid.nl/professionals
5 - 7 October 2011
34th EPRA meeting
(Brussels - La Hulpe, Belgium)Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information of the Observatory, will attend the conference and participate in the various workshops. Participation of 140 representatives of audiovisual regulatory authorities from over 40 countries in Europe.
This is a closed event. Participation upon invitation only.
On the agenda:
- the challenges of jurisdiction in the regulation of on-demand content,
- effective monitoring of audiovisual media services,
- product placement,
- licensing issues for digital TV,
- the protection of minors in the new media environment (industry panel).
Agenda available here.
Website of EPRA: http://www.epra.org/
4 October 2011
Workshop on digital distribution and promotion in the cultural and creative industries.
(Brussels, Belgium)Organised by 10 members of The European Platform on the potential of Cultural and Creative Industries: AEPO-ARTIS, CEPI, EBF, EBU, EMO, EUROCINEMA, FEP, GESAC, IMPALA and SAA
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will make a presentation on the VoD market in Europe.
Programme here.
| September 2011 | |
28 September 2011
Conference "Lithuania: one year prior to digitalization"
(Vilnius, Lithuania)Organised by SES-Astra.
Deirdre Kevin, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing, will make a presentation on the development of digital television in Europe.
14 September 2011
Workshop "Study on the implementation of the provisions of the Audiovisual Media services Directive concerning the promotion of European works in audiovisual media services"
(Brussels, Belgium)Organised by Attentional / Headway International.
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will participate.More information here: http://www.avms2011.eu/
14 September 2011
Visit of a delegation from the UNESCO Office in Brasilia
Guilherme Canela, UNESCO Brasilia Office Coordinator of Communication and Information Sector and Regina Festa, PhD, research coordinator, visited the Observatory's premisses.
Wolfgang Closs and various Observatory team members presented them the Observatory's work.
13 September 2011
Visit of Jean-François Furnémont, Chairman of EPRA (European Platform of Regulatory Authorities)
assisted by the coordinator of the EPRA Secretariat, Emmanuelle Machet.
Mr Furnémont and the Observatory's Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, renewed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Observatory and the EPRA for the year 2012.
Website of EPRA: http://www.epra.org/
| August 2011 | |
25 - 26 August 2011
4th Digital Broadcasting Conference: "Being Digital"
(Tallinn, Estonia)Florence Hartmann, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing, will make a presentation Switchover deadline 2012 is approaching. Can Europe meet it?.
| July 2011 | |
22 - 30 July 2011
17th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival
Martin Kanzler, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on markets and financing, presents
as well advance figures on public funding of audiovisual works.
Website of the festival: http://www.sff.ba/
Programme here.
7 - 8 July 2011
Rendez-vous de la coproduction rhénane 2011 (Meeting on the coproduction in the Rhine area)
(Strasbourg, France)Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on markets and financing, participates to this event.
More information on MEDIA's website here.
7 - 8 July 2011
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on the Promotion of Pluralism in New Media
(Vienna, Austria)Meeting organised by the OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will participate to the Session I: Challenges and opportunities for new media to foster pluralism.
More information here.
| June 2011 | |
29 June 2011
CARTOON Masters Finance
(Viborg, Denmark)Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on markets and financing, will present the KORDA database and provide a brief review of fiscal incentives available in Europe.
More info on this seminar on Cartoon's website here.
17 June 2011
Entretiens européens : « Le droit européen de la propriété intellectuelle »
(Brussels, Belgium)Francisco Cabrera, Analyst from the Observatory's Department for Legal Information, will participate to these "European Talks" on European intellectual property, organised by the Délégation des Barreaux de France (French Bars Delegation).
Programme here [in French only].
Website of the Délégation des Barreaux de France.
16 June 2011
New Audiovisual Markets Regulated?
Market innovation and the role of regulation in The Netherlands and Europe
(Hilversum, The Netherlands)
Seminar organised by the Dutch Presidency
of the European Audiovisual Observatory
13.30 - 17.10
at the Media Academy - Media Park, Villa Heideheuvel
Sumatralaan 45 - 1217 GP HilversumThis seminar will focus on describing and discussing the main trends in the European audiovisual market and the legal consequences of those changes. Furthermore, given the central role of innovation and the growing importance of online distribution of audiovisual content, four keynote speakers from RTL, Philips, NPO and IViR will share their views on the opportunities, threats and consequences of the major trend to switch to on-demand services.
More information and free registration here.
Programme here.
Link to the presentations made during this seminar:
Panorama of the VOD services in the European Union by André Lange
The European Regulatory Framework for VoD Services A Case by Case Study? by Susanne Nikoltchev
| May 2011 | |
31 May - 1 June 2011
DTT network strategies
(Hilton London Paddington Hotel, London, United Kingdom)Florence Hartmann, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing, will make a presentation Update on DTT in Europe from MAVISE.
More information here.
30 - 31 May 2011
The economics of Media and content industry (MCI): Approaches, case study, economic effect of the digital transition
(Sevilla, Spain)1st MCI workshop, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Sevilla
Florence Hartmann, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing, will participate to the session Films, TV, Video: trends" and provide with "The EU view.
30 May 2011
Partnership for coordinating he data collection on the media sector
(Strasbourg, France)The Observatory hosted a working meeting with UNESCO's Institute for Statistics (Montreal) and several European organisations acting in the collection of statistical data on the media.
From left to right: André Lange (European Audiovisual Observatory), Claude Akpabie (UIS), George Boadé (UIS), Ulrika Facht (Nordicom), Flavia Barca (Istituto di Economia dei Media, Fondazione Rosselli) and Alexander Shulzicky (UER-EBU).
Click on the photo to enlarge.
26 - 27 May 2011
33rd meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)
Ohrid, "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"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/
15 May 2011
Cinema and Television: Falling in love again?
European Audiovisual Observatory’s Afternoon in CannesSunday 15 May 2011, 3 pm – 5 pm
Salle Buñuel, 5th Floor, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Free entry to anyone with a Cannes Film Market accreditation.
For the detailed programme and the registration form, click on the right links
Registration required: cannes@coe.int
[LINK TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS]
programme
[PDF]
[WORD]
| April 2011 | |
28 April 2011
20 years of Television without frontiers and beyond
(Brussels, Belgium)André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will make a presentation during the plenary session : The Long Awaited Policy Revolution?
Further information here.
20 April 2011
Whose boots are made for walking?
On-demand services - a case for passing regulation, entrusting self-/coregulation or leaving it to general legislation?
(London, United kingdom)Our Department for Legal Information is organising a workshop on this subject on the 20th of April in London.
This is a closed event but the results of this meeting will be published in the form of an IRIS Special later in the year. The following areas will be dealt with in course of the day:
- The various different forms of On Demand services
- The European legal framework: which Directive for which services?
- Country profiles - how are audiovisual media services handled on a national level?
- Expectations of consumers/the industry/legislators?
19 - 20 April 2011
OECD, Experts Meeting on Audiovisual Services
( Paris, France)André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will participate to this meeting, e.g. at the Session III: "Trade in broadcasting services".
Further information here.
| March 2011 | |
21 - 22 March 2011
European Forum Cyprus
Media and democratic society – trends and challenges in Europe and Cyprus
3rd Seminar of the third Year of the European Forum Cyprus
(Nicosia, Cyprus)Organised by the Council of Europe Directorate of Political Advice and Co-operation, DG Democracy and Political Affairs, and the European Commission
Deirdre Kevin, analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing, will make a presentation on Television in Europe: Diversity and Pluralism?
18 March 2011
Public hearing: the FUTURE of the MEDIAs
(Brussels, Belgium)André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will attend this public hearing.
Agenda of the public hearing here
Further information on the MEDIA programmes here.3 March 2011
BSAC Film Conference 2011
(London, United Kingdom)Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director, and André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will attend this conference.
Further information here.
The report that has been set forth at this conference is available online on the Observatory's website:
The importance of the European market for the UK film and television industry
| February 2011 | |
15– 16 February 2011
Cable Congress 2011
(Lucerne, Switzerland)Presence of Florence Hartmann and Deirdre Kevin, analysts from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and financing at this seminar. The MAVISE European TV database will be presented during this congress.
Link to the conference website here.
| January 2011 | |
17 – 19 January 2011
Broadcast Evolution Summit 2011
(Cannes, France)André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will attend this conference.
Further information here: http://www.broadcastevolutionsummit.com/
Preliminary agenda here
Set up in December 1992, the European Audiovisual Observatory's mission is to gather and distribute information on the audiovisual industry in Europe. The Observatory is a European public service body comprised of 39 member states and the European Union, represented by the European Commission. It operates within the legal framework of the Council of Europe and works alongside a number of partner and professional organisations from within the industry and with a network of correspondents. In addition to contributions to conferences, other major activities are the publication of a Yearbook, newsletters and reports, the compilation and management of databases and the provision of information through the Observatory's Internet site.