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Details: Published: 18 June 2012

CIRCOM's Secretary General Johan Lindén gave speech at the Summer University

Details: Published: 23 March 2012

From news coverage to live internet streaming, from managing EP audiovisual facilities to supporting AV journalists covering Parliament activities from outside or within: these are the main activities of the Audiovisual Unit of the European Parliament, a large and dynamic team, providing AV journalists both with content and technical services.

Keeping up to date on recent developments in audiovisual and multimedia technology, at the AV Unit of the European Parliament talented professionals work together with a common mission: to support AV journalists in Video, Radio and Photo production; transmission, promotion and distribution.

These services, available in Brussels and Strasbourg, include: live video recording of plenary sessions (both satellite & web transmission), committee meetings (webstreamed live & VOD), broad news coverage of events available on the EU satellite service EbS, as well as audio recordings (& podcasts) of meetings/events and photo reportages. All audiovisual materials produced in the EP are stored in the Media Library- the precious AV archives.

All these services are free of charge and are just a few clicks away, on the Audiovisual Website:

http://www.audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/

This website, especially targeted to media professionals, was created to help transfer through a highly performing FTP all audiovisual medias (video, audio and photo) produced by the European Parliament. On top of it, the website is also the main gateway to book EP Audiovisual Unit's technical facilities, both in Brussels and in Strasbourg.

Details: Published: 07 December 2011

Brainstorming session at the European Board meeting in Malmö based on the question"What are the 6 most important questions for regional TV in your country"?

Details: Published: 13 December 2011

Collection of short essays from academics, regulators, public broadcasters and private media representatives, providing thought-provoking perspectives on the state of play of public value tests in a range of European states.

Public service broadcasters across Europe are venturing into the digital world, launching niche TV channels, building extensive websites, developing commercial services, entering into partnerships with external actors, and exploring new ways to reach users, whether its through smart phone apps or screens in public spaces. Such endeavours intensify fundamental discussions about what we need public service media institutions for. These are complex discussions, building on history, encompassing new technology, and involving a range of strong stakeholders.

Recently, the so-called public value test has emerged as the focal point for these discussions. As a detailed regulatory scheme to measure the public worth and possible market impact of planned publicly funded media services, the public value test is causing controversy across Europe.

Book on the regulation of digital services across Europe

This collection of short essays from academics, regulators, public broadcasters and private media representatives, provides thought-provoking perspectives on the state of play of public value tests in a range of European states. In so doing, the book is a topical intervention in the ongoing debate about the future of our media systems.