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EU cinema attendance up by 5.5% in 2019, showing best result since 2004
On the occasion of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the Obervatory releases its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2019. After two years of decrease, estimates show that total admissions in the EU increased by 5.5% thus breaking through the 1 billion barrier.
The European Audiovisual Observatory reports on the latest developments in European media law concerning territoriality and the financing of audiovisual production
Territoriality and financing of audiovisual works: latest developments
This report explores developments in media legislation over the past five years with regards to the country of origin principle and territoriality of copyright, and the way these principles operate in practice in financing production.
European Audiovisual Observatory publishes new free report on the financing of European fiction films
Average budget of European fiction films is 2.01 million euros
Based on the actual budget analysis of 576 European live-action fiction films released in 2017, this is probably the largest pan-European data sample available to date on the financing of European fiction films.
New IRIS Special report on the new AVMSD and its approach to self-and co-regulation
Media law in Europe - what place for self- and co-regulation?
This latest report by the European Audiovisual Observatory – “Self- and co-regulation in the new AVMSD" – explores the new AVMSD and the systems of self- and co-regulation it contains.
MAVISE TV and VOD Database publishes its 2019 data now online!
Supply of TV channels in Europe more fragmented due to pre-Brexit migration and diversification of channels
Managed by the Observatory and supported by the Creative Europe programme of the EU, the MAVISE database is up-dated every year with new facts and figures. It provides individual data for TV channels and VOD services available in Europe.
Creators in Europe’s Screen Sectors – Sketching Present and Future Challenges - 7 June 2022
The European cinema sector - diverging paths? - 20 May 2023
FOCUS 2023: Key Trends in the Film Sector - 19 May 2023
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