On 1st September the European Commission sent a second round of letters to eight EU Member States to request information about their implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS). The replies from Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania → 
New EC Enquiry on AVMS Implementation
On 1st September the European Commission sent a second round of letters to eight EU Member States to request information about their implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS). The replies from Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania → Public Stakeholders Workshop on AVMS European Works
A free public workshop for stakeholders, on the “Promotion of European Works in Audiovisual Media Services”, will be held in Brussels on 14 September. The workshop will present the preliminary final report, which will be made available in advance, of a → New Work Streams in Audiovisual Media Accessibility
The 2nd meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility will be held on 15 September 2011 in Geneva. This relatively new group, which started its work in May 2011, is under the chairmanship of industry experts Peter Olaf → New CSA Report on Business Models for On-Demand Services
The French audiovisual regulator (CSA) has released a report on the business models for on-demand audiovisual media services active in the French market. The survey deals with cost and revenue models, as well as the contracting practices binding various stakeholders → The “Rising and Disproportionate Cost” of VOD Regulation
Lord Clement-Jones has urged the creative industries minister to take a greater involvement in combating the “rising and disproportionate cost” of the Video On Demand co-regulation scheme, under ATVOD and Ofcom, in an article published on 5th July. In it → Broadcast Projects Industry Event – 18 July
Broadcast Projects hosted an AVMS Industry Lunch on 18h July. Attendees included representatives from Microsoft, Sony, Virgin Media, European Parliament and BBC Worldwide. The next event will be held on Thursday, 20 October, for further information please click here. → All Content Now?
The next ATVOD Industry Forum is due to be held on 19th July in London, at Portman Square. The Industry Forum was established in March 2011, and the first meeting was held in May. In the interim, ATVOD released its → ATVOD Fees Update
ATVOD, the regulator responsible for enforcing the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) have released their new fee structure today, 28 June, for the coming year ahead. The details can be found here. For large companies that fall into → Report of the AVMS meeting hosted by the Dutch Ministry
The Dutch Ministry hosted a seminar on the AVMS Directive together with European Audiovisual Observatory on 16 June 2011. The seminar focused on describing and discussing the main trends in the European audiovisual market and the legal consequences of those changes. → New Audiovisual Markets Regulated?
The Dutch Ministry is hosting a seminar on the AVMS Directive together with European Audiovisual Observatory on 16 June 2011. The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, in her capacity as minister responsible for the Presidency of the European →