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AVMS DIRECTIVE: THE ECCD WELCOME THE AGREEMENT ON SUBTANCE   The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) wholeheartedly welcome the agreement on the substantial rules of the Audiovisual Media Services directive (AVMS). The measures endorsed by the three European institutions on article 13 will strengthen the protection and promotion of...

TRILOGUE DISCUSSIONS ON AVMS: SAME RULES FOR LINEAR AND VOD SERVICES Based on the European Commission’s proposal on the AVMS directive, the Council and the European Parliament (in its CULT Committee report) have endorsed article 13 § 2. This article enables Member States to require VOD services targeting audiences in...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity congratulate the co-rapporteurs Sabine Verheyen and Petra Kammerevert, from the Committee on Culture and Education at the European Parliament, for their draft report on the Audiovisual Media Services directive. The text shows ambition in wishing to truly promote the European works and to reinforce...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) are within the signatories of an open letter addressed to the President Juncket and the European Commissioners by a group of more than one hundred organisations belonging to the European audiovisual sector, about the potential impacts of the creation of a Digital Single...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity fully support the initiative of four movie makers at the European Parliament on April 15 to defend authors’ rights. Read the call Read the press release   Credit photo : kts design – fotolia.com

La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde has been created by the Institut Français, in partnership with the International Organisation of la Francophonie to support talented new filmmakers from Southern and emerging countries. This professional programme has been developed in close association with the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du...

The European coalitions for cultural diversity are relieved by the adoption of the new Cinema Communication The European coalitions for cultural diversity welcome the positive amendments in the new text of the Cinema Communication adopted by the European Commission a few days ago which states the criteria applicable within the...

The European Coalitions for cultural diversity welcome this success and urge the European Commission to respect the States’ decision  The European Coalitions for cultural diversity congratulate EU Member States for their decision on  June 14th to exclude  audiovisual services from the negotiating mandate of the Free Trade Agreement between Europe...

With a single voice, European filmmakers are requesting that audiovisual and cinema services be excluded from the forthcoming trade negotiations between Europe and the United States. The French Coalition fully supports this initiative and invites anyone who is attached to cultural diversity to sign this petition now opened to all. Link...

The European Coalitions for cultural diversity support the petition European filmmakers launched in order to denounce the negotiating mandate of the European Commission drafted within the framework of the forthcoming trade negotiations between Europe and the United States. Read the press release © Gina Sanders – Fotolia.com