Issue no. 411 - 3 October 2010

• Digital Agenda: Two thirds of TV programmes seen in Europe are of European origin (RAPID)
  EU television broadcasters are devoting an average of 63% of their air time to programmes made in the EU and 35% to independent works created by European producers, according to figures in a report covering the period 2007-2008 published by the European Commission. The Commission publishes a report every two years on monitoring the promotion of European works on TV throughout the EU, one of the aims of the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS).

• UK - BBC's Mark Thompson: Sky needs to pull its weight (Guardian)
  In riposte to James Murdoch's attack on corporation last year, director-general uses MacTaggart lecture to urge Sky to invest more in British talent.

Issue no. 405 - 24 January 2010

• EU - Time up for Member States to tune TV rules to digital age (RAPID)
  Two years after the adoption of modernising EU TV rules removing outdated restrictions on digital TV over the internet, video on demand and mobile TV, only three countries - Belgium, Romania and Slovakia - have officially notified the European Commission of measures putting them in place, as required under EU law. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive) rebooted EU rules on traditional TV broadcasting for the digital age. EU countries had until 19 December 2009 to turn the modernised rules for Europe's audiovisual industry into national law. The Directive creates a single market for all audiovisual media services, providing legal certainty for businesses and protection for consumers.

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