Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe
Budget
€900 — €0
EP Access
5
accredited persons
Staff
7
6.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Promote and defend the ACT Vision in EU legislative discussions and EU media by responding to public inquiries, creating and disseminating industry information and positions as well as organising policy discussion platforms to promote the collective interests of its Members. More specifically, the purpose of the EEIG is to promote the collective interest of its Members by: • facilitating the definition of common positions, proposals and actions on, including without limitation, regulatory environment, professional rules, programming • explaining to national, international or European policy makers the contribution the television and related VOD Services industry makes to European society, in terms of, including without limitation, culture, news and to the European economy, in terms of, including without limitation, growth, innovation, jobs • influencing the EU’s political and policy agendas • keeping its Members informed of relevant developments.
EU Legislative Interests
Our priority issues are: - Digital Single Market, - Digital Services Act, - Digital Markets Act, - Copyright Directive, SatCab directive - Piracy of live content - Regulation of media content (especially Audiovisual Media Services directive), - European Media Freedom Act - Media and Audio-visual Action Plan - Network fees - e-Privacy, - European Democracy Action Plan & Disinformation - Better internet for kids - Regulation of advertising, - E-commerce Directive, - EU Data protection - Consumer protection - Platform-to-Business - Geoblocking - IPR Enforcement - Trade - Accessibility of Content - Digital Tax - Platform Responsibility - Artificial Intelligence - Political advertising - European Democracy Shield - Digital Fairness Act
Communication Activities
World TV Day (21 November) See ACT website - www.acte.be
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance Ethical Journalism Network Creativity Works! Alliance European Internet Forum Live Content Coalition Digital Video Broadcasting Project European Audiovisual Observatory Responsible advertising to Children Audiovisual Social Dialogue Committee Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Agorateka SDG Media Compact SOMA Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance EUIPO WIPO
Organisation Members
We enclose our website link which lists our members in detail, http://acte.be/about-us/act-members.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.