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Press Release
Strasbourg, 9 June 2009

Virenque re-elected to chair Observatory’s Advisory Committee |
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Antoine Virenque, Secretary General of the International Federation
of Film Distributors’ Associations, has been re-elected for a
second term in office as Chairman of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s
Advisory Committee. Virenque was unanimously re-elected during the Committee’s
meeting which took place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg last
Thursday.
Speaking just after his election, Virenque
stated that he was looking forward to building on the results
of his first year’s Chairmanship. He emphasised his hope
that the Observatory would be soon given the means to enlarge
its coverage of the European audiovisual sector to cover the field
of new technologies and tax law. Virenque praised the competence
of the Observatory’s team and underlined the excellent reputation
of the Observatory’s reports as neutral and reliable sources
of information for the industry.
The Observatory’s Director, Wolfgang Closs,
concluded that the Observatory has tightened up its contacts with
the various sectors of the audiovisual industry under Virenque’s
Chairmanship. “We now have a direct line to the concerns
and information needs of the professionals working in the fields
of television, film and video. We intend to fulfil these needs
as much as possible by providing the right facts, figures and
analyses in the coming year.” |
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From left
to right: Wolfgang Closs and Antoine Virenque. |

Journalists, please
contact:
Alison Hindhaugh, Information and Press Officer, tel.: (+ 33) (0) 3 90
21 60 10 - alison.hindhaugh@coe.int
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The European Audiovisual
Observatory
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 37 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 (http://www.obs.coe.int). |
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