21-04-2022

UNIC policy update 21/04/2022

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    EU strategy for the cultural and creative industries

    12/04: Council adopts conclusions on the cultural and creative industries - UNIC

    On 4 April, EU Member States adopted conclusions on a European strategy for the cultural and creative industries ecosystem, sending a signal about their ambitions and strategy for the cultural and creative sectors.

    Geoblocking

    15/04: Film and audiovisual sector welcomes new European Audiovisual Observatory study - UNIC

    Film and audiovisual sector welcomes new European Audiovisual Observatory study paving the way towards a successful end of the Stakeholder Dialogue. Observatory findings confirm wide availability and circulation of non-national European films and AV productions.

    12/04: Europeans have access to over 8,500 European films on VOD in their country on average - EAO

    The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has just published a new trailblazing report on the circulation of European films on VOD and in cinemas.

    Digital Services Act & Digital Markets Act

    13/04: Event announcement - The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze - The IPKat

    Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital SingleMarket 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted.

    Events

    22 April - Final Trilogue on the Digital Services Act

    25-28 April -  CinemaCon 2022

    19 May - European Audiovisual Observatory Film Focus session in Cannes

    20 May - EFF in Cannes

    21 May - European Audiovisual Observatory conference “Circulation of films – is there enough availability?”

    20-23 June - CineEurope 2022

    14 June - UNIC & FIAD Screening - El Buen Patrón at Palace cinema, Brussel