Association of Commercial Television in Europe
The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) is an association that represents the interests of private television broadcasters . The association, based in Brussels , was founded in 1989.
The association represents the interests of its members at European institutions and international organizations. The most important media policy issues on which the ACT represents the interests of its members are:
- Directive on audiovisual media services (AVMS Directive)
- Advertising & commercial communication
- State aid (including license fees ) for public service broadcasting
- Copyright & Related Rights
- Digitization & New Media
- Media pluralism
- Sales tax on media
- Sports
In the "2nd ACT Annual Conference 2009", which took place in Brussels on November 4, 2009, the President of ACT, Philippe Delusinne (CEO RTL Belgium), stated: “It is the attractiveness and the continuing interest of viewers in the medium Television, which in the future - partly in combination with other media platforms - will ensure that television remains the central medium of mass communication . The medium of television will not only survive, it will continue to prosper in the future. But this perspective depends on the requirements of European regulation. In order for private television broadcasters to be well positioned in the future, a regulatory rethinking must take place that gives up small-scale, prescriptive regulatory administration and instead offers solutions to take advantage of the opportunities offered by technological change. "
Association structure
Philippe Delusinne, CEO of RTL Belgium , was elected President of the association at the annual general meeting on June 9, 2009. Ross Biggam has been the association's executive director since 2000. Within the association, the representation of interests is coordinated by various working groups, with the tasks of the working groups corresponding to the media policy issues listed above.
Members
The ACT has 30 member companies that are active in 34 European countries. The members offer several hundred free-to-air TV channels and pay-TV offers and hundreds of new media services. The member companies of the ACT:
Antena 1 (Romania), Antena 3 (Spain), Antenna TV (Greece), BSkyB (United Kingdom), bTV (Bulgaria), Canal + (France), CME (Czech Republic), Discovery (United Kingdom), ITV (United Kingdom ), Kanal D (Turkey), M6 (France), Mediaset (Italy), Mega Channel (Greece), MTG (Sweden), MTV Media (Finland), MTV Networks Europe (United Kingdom), NTV (Turkey), POP TV / Kanal A (Slovenia), ProSiebenSat.1Group (Germany), RTL Group (Luxembourg), Sky Deutschland (Germany), SKY Italia (Italy), Sogecable (Spain), Telecinco (Spain), TF1 (France), TV3 (Ireland ), TV4 (Sweden), TVI (Portugal), TVN (Poland), VMMa (Belgium).
National associations of private television companies
The ACT works closely with other partner and industry associations:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ ACT's Policy & Regulation Issues ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on the 2nd Annual ACT Conference 2009 ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2011) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Philippe Delusinne, ACT President & CEO RTL Belgium comments on the future of TV in Europe
- ↑ ACT's Member Companies ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2011) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ACT's Partner Organizations ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
