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