La 1ère  réunion du groupe d’experts  en matière de  télévision et de services audiovisuels à la demande s’est tenue à Tunis, les 23 -24 Septembre 2013. Les experts issus des réseaux des partenaires du programme  ASBU, COPEAM  et  UER, ont adopté des conclusions favorables à la création d’un observatoire sud-méditerranéen de l’audiovisuel qui recueillerait et diffuserait des données sur la télévision et les services audiovisuels à la demande de la région. Link a conclusions FR Communiqué de presse Liens utiles Programme de l’atelier Les rapports sur Egypte, Liban et Maroc Euromed Audiovisuel III  Observatoire européen…

The 1st meeting of the experts group in the field of television and on demand audiovisual services was held in Tunis, on 23-24 September 2013. The experts from the programme partner networks – ASBU, COPEAM and EBU – adopted conclusions favorable to the creation of a South-Mediterranean Audiovisual Observatory which would collect and make available data on TV and on demand audiovisual services of the Region.

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The Cinema/Festivals/Culture Commission is focused on actions concerning the cultural domain and those great Mediterranean events aimed at promoting the dialogue between the Mediterranean peoples and cultures.

The JOUSSOUR docu-mag “Blasted flies in the Jordan Valley” – realized by JRTV with RAI executive production – has been shown in avant-première in Valencia, in the framework of the 2013 European Cooperation Days. The projection was introduced by JOUSSOUR head of project, Paola Parri from COPEAM, who highlighted the main features of this cross-border coproduction co-funded by the EU (ENPI – CBCMED Programme).

The unannounced shutting down of the public audiovisual group ERT by the Greek government is a dangerous precedent in the history of our modern democracies. With its extreme features, the Greek case reveals a growing trend to putting into question public broadcasters in many Euro-Mediterranean countries. Further to economic difficulties, the public service is more and more deemed as a simple budget line to be adjusted, regardless of its civic and democratic role.

Further to this situation, we, professionals of the audiovisual sector, solemnly protest against ERT shutting down and strongly reaffirm the necessity to defend…

The unannounced shutting down of the public audiovisual group ERT by the Greek government is a dangerous precedent in the history of our modern democracies. With its extreme features, the Greek case reveals a growing trend to putting into question public broadcasters in many Euro-Mediterranean countries. Further to economic difficulties, the public service is more and more deemed as a simple budget line to be adjusted, regardless of its civic and democratic role.

Further to this situation, we, professionals of the audiovisual sector, solemnly protest against ERT shutting down and strongly reaffirm the necessity to defend…

(ANSAmed)BEIRUT, May 17 – The development of Lebanon's participation in the activities of the Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators (COPEAM) was the object of a meeting in Beirut between the Secretary General of the Association, Pier Luigi Malesani, and the Information Minister, Walid Daouk.

"Lebanon is very important for us, especially considering the difficult period this country is facing" due to the crisis in Syria, Malesani told ANSA. He also visited the studios of the public television Télé Liban, the first television channel founded, in 1959, in the Middle East.

(ANSAmed)BEIRUT, May 17 – The development of Lebanon's participation in the activities of the Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators (COPEAM) was the object of a meeting in Beirut between the Secretary General of the Association, Pier Luigi Malesani, and the Information Minister, Walid Daouk.

"Lebanon is very important for us, especially considering the difficult period this country is facing" due to the crisis in Syria, Malesani told ANSA. He also visited the studios of the public television Télé Liban, the first television channel founded, in 1959, in the Middle East.

In preparation of the Mediterranean Forum, taking place in Marseille from 4 to 7 April 2013, the Anna Lindh Foundation organised a meeting in Barcelona (Spain) on the 1st and 2nd March. More than 70 journalists, professionals and civil society representatives gathered in the setting of the Palau de Pedralbes to discuss issues concerning the changes in the media sector.

The goal of the event was to elaborate new and innovative strategies and practices, to guarantee press freedom and the role of journalists in reporting the ongoing events, notably the consequences of the Arab Spring in…