EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS
Official Journal of the EU: The European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission solemnly announced a joint declaration on digital rights and principles for the digital decade. Among other things, the declaration places people at the center of digital transformation, is based on solidarity and inclusion, guarantees freedom of choice and emphasizes sustainability. More about this at this link .
The Swedish Presidency of the EU: Media pluralism is the heart of democracy was the key focus of the conference on the topic of media and democracy, which took place on 23 and 24 January in Stockholm. The conference was organized by Sweden, which currently holds the EU presidency. More about this at this link .
INDUSTRY:
ScreenDaily: The budget of the Slovenian Film Center will amount to 8.8 million euros this year (it was 6.3 million euros last year). Compared to 2014, the number is almost twice as high. More about this at this link .
Advanced Television: Visits to pirate websites are increasing in Germany. Last year, after illegal series, movies, sports events, etc. affected almost six million Germans. According to estimates, this caused damage of 1.8 billion euros, and the state was deprived of an additional 390 million euros in various taxes. More about this at this link .
Advanced Television: Global subscription video-on-demand revenues will reach 296.3 billion euros by 2030, while this figure will stop at 132 billion euros this year, according to analyst firm Midia Reserach in its latest research. The growth of the market will be promoted mainly by the Asia-Pacific markets. More about this at this link .
Digital TV Europe: Subscription video-on-demand providers Viaplay and Disney+ will raise prices in the Dutch market. The former will increase the monthly subscription from EUR 13.99 to EUR 15.99, and the latter from EUR 8.99 to EUR 9.99. Users will receive higher payments already in March. The reason for the price increase is said to be higher inflation. More about this at this link .
ScreenDaily: Australia will introduce quotas for domestic content on streaming platforms by the middle of next year, Australian government officials have announced. Australia does not currently impose quotas on subscription video-on-demand providers. More about this at this link .
Euroactiv: Organizations that represent the rights of creators from various fields are preparing to demand from the EU changes in the legislation in the field of artificial intelligence. Indeed, European legislation does not protect creative industries from rapidly developing artificial intelligence technologies, such as e.g. ChatGPT. More about this at this link .
Euroactiv: The European Commission prepares member states to implement the Digital Services Act. The Commission has presented a document to national authorities that defines, among other things, large online platforms, data processing and information exchange system. Online giants such as Facebook, in accordance with the new legislation, among other things, will have to report the number of active users. More about this at this link .
Euroactiv: Parliamentary groups of the European Parliament received proposals for new (compromise) amendments to the act on artificial intelligence. It mainly concerns those parts of the act where there are the greatest risks of hindering the promotion of innovation. More about this at this link .
Euroactiv: The Swedish Presidency of the EU has sent the fourth proposal of the data act to the member states, which touches, among other things, on the area of trade secrets, business-to-government (B2G) access to data, international transfers and compensation. More about this at this link .
Edri: The International Digital Association (Edri) is calling on Germany to reject Article 19 of the European Media Freedom Act, which is said to facilitate the flow of disinformation and is also in conflict with the Digital Services Act. More about this at this link .
EBU: Blog on protecting media integrity online. More about this at this link .
Cineuropa: Czech cinemas sold 13.5 million tickets last year, which is similar to the numbers recorded before the covid-19 pandemic. Compared to the years 2020 and 2021, the revenue from sold tickets also increased significantly, namely to 88.5 million euros, which is just under 16 million euros less than in 2019. More about this at this link .
The National: The Commerce Committee of the British Parliament found that the British cultural and creative sector lost almost 200 million euros of funding due to Brexit, which, if Great Britain were still part of the EU, it would have received from the European program Creative Europe. More about this at this link .