Most of Europe’s TV channels are broadcasting more than the required 50% of European productions.
In its annual report on broadcasting, the European Commission said that on average the percentage of European productions was 63.8% in 2009 and 64.3% in 2010.
However, three countries fail to meet the European rules, Slovenia, the Republic of Ireland and the UK.
Locally produced content is still king, with only 8.1% of programmes on average made across a country’s border.
With regards to programming made by independent producers, the law requires at least 10% of all output to be from independent sources: on average, the precentage was 34% during the period 2009 – 2010.
The survey includes programmes broadcast on linear channels as well as on-demand services.