VoD vs. CINEMA? Panel in Cannes May 19

European Audiovisual Observatory Afternoon in Cannes

Saturday, 19th May 2007 from 14.30 to 17.00

Salon des Ambassadeurs, 4th Floor, Palais des Festivals (Cannes, France)

This conference will deal with the latest developments of the VoD markets in Europe as well as examining key legal aspects of VoD distribution.

The presentations:

• EUROPEAN CINEMA ADMISSIONS IN 2006
  
  by Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst from the Department for Information on Markets and Financing,
  
  European Audiovisual Observatory;

• VIDEO ON DEMAND IN EUROPE
  
  by André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory and Laure Kaltenbach, Head of office for economic evaluations and information society, Prime Minister - Directorate for Media Development;

• DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT and VoD
  
  by Francisco Cabrera-Blázquez, Analyst from the Department for Legal Information, European Audiovisual Observatory;

• MAKING POSSIBLE THE ACCESS TO OUR FILM HERITAGE ON VoD: FINDING THE RIGHTS FOR ORPHANED WORKS
  
  by Stef van Gompel, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam.

These presentations of the Observatory's latest work will be followed by a discussion round moderated by

Serge Siritzky, Managing Director of the publication "Ecran total". We will be joined by:

• Aviva Silver, Head of Unit, MEDIA Programme and Media Literacy

• Costas Daskalakis, Head of Unit, MEDIA, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

• Ruth Hieronymi, Member of the European Parliament. Media policy spokeswoman, EPP-ED Group. Chairwoman, Audiovisual Policy Intergroup.

Access to this conference is free to all those who have an accreditation to the Cannes Film Market or Festival.

The languages of this conference are English and French.

• For the complete programme and registration form, click here [Word]
• For further information about this conference, send an Email to: cannes@coe.int