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Study on the role of Banks in the European Film Industry
The aim of this study is to give a
current overview of the film banking landscape in Europe with a particular
emphasis on the role of banks, subsidiaries of banks, and guarantee funds in the
film industry value chain. Furthermore the study tries to assess the involvement
of financial institutions in the film banking sector to understand their
potential future interest, the market for film banking and where growth
opportunities are to be found.
In order to achieve these aims, roundtable discussions were held with key
players from the film banking sector along with representatives from the MEDIA
Programme and the European Investment Bank. The study concludes with three
recommendations for the European Commission.
Study on the role of SMEs and European audiovisual works in the context of the fast changing and converging home entertainment sector (PayTV, Homevideo, Video on Demand, video games, internet, etc)
The aim of this study is to identify the challenges and
opportunities facing the European home entertainment sector as a whole and to
make recommendations on how the European Commission can help European SMEs and
audiovisual works make the most of current changes.
The first part of this report provides an overview of the current home
entertainment market by describing practices, market trends, key players and
legal framework in different segments of the sector and across different
territories.
The report then focuses on challenges and opportunities brought about by new
technologies such as new distribution platforms for European audiovisual works
and SMEs active in the home entertainment sector. Finally, it formulates a
series of recommendations on how the European Commission could take these into
account in the context of its policies and actions in favour of the audiovisual
and home entertainment sector and its SMEs.
Executive summary
Study on dubbing and subtitling
The aim of this study is to assess the current practices in the
field of dubbing and subtitling. The study covers the 31 member countries
participating in the MEDIA programme (27 EU Member States, Norway, Iceland,
Liechtenstein and Switzerland). The study consists of benchmarking the current
practices in all the countries covered by the study. It provides recommendations
on measures to be implemented at Community level to enable linguistic diversity,
while lowering the barriers to the circulation of European audiovisual works on
the international market.
Executive summary
Study of Continuous Training for Audiovisual Professionals in 32 European Countries
This report presents the findings of a study of continuous training in the European audiovisual industries prepared for the MEDIA Programme of the European Commission by the strategy consultancy Olsberg|SPI.
