{"id":4173,"date":"2014-04-03T15:41:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T14:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/?page_id=4173"},"modified":"2016-01-26T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T13:05:43","slug":"audiovisual-observatory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/partial-agreements\/audiovisual-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Audiovisual Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The European Audiovisual Observatory<\/em> was set up within the framework of the Council of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Strasbourg in 1992 in order to collect, analyse and provide data about the audiovisual industry in Europe (Cinema, television, radio, video; various on demand services like Video On Demand or Catch-up TV).<\/p>\n

By making this information available, the Observatory aims to promote transparency about the ways, in which audiovisual industries in Europe are functioning, both from an economic and legal point of view.<\/p>\n

In order to get the data required for its work, the Observatory has established a network of individual correspondents, national institutions and professional consultancies at national as well as transnational level.
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\nStructure<\/b><\/p>\n

The Department for Information on Markets and Financing<\/i> provides statistical and economic analysis of the trends in the European cinema, television, video and internet sectors as well as intelligence on the means of financing in these various sectors.<\/p>\n

The Department for Legal Information<\/i> analyses key legal issues linked to the audiovisual sector, reports on major legal developments and groundbreaking court decisions, which affect media legislation in Europe.
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\nServices<\/b><\/p>\n

Some of the Observatory’s services are made available in the form of paid publications, both in print and in electronic versions; others are at free disposal to the public, like the following databases:<\/p>\n