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European Commission launches VOD directory

April 17, 2019 06.51 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Lumiere VOD is the first directory of European films to increase transparency concerning the VOD markets, which was launched by the European Commission with the European Audiovisual Observatory who is managing the project.

The portal was launched today at the Council of Europe by Mariya Gabriel, the EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and the Council’s Secretary General, Thorbjorn Jagland in the presence of Silvia Costa, MEP and Rapporteur for Creative Europe and President of the ARP, film maker Radu Milaileanu.

The database contains information on over 35,000 European films offered 150,000 times on VOD. This data has been taken from 250 different VOD catalogues available in 28 European countries.

Today, just 29% of films offered by VOD services in the EU are European and until now there have been no European databases of films available on VOD, only national online tools. This is in spite of the fact that Europe is a major player in world cinema, with more than 18,000 films produced between 2007 and 2017 and a global production volume which has increased by 47 % between 2007 and 2017.

Mariya Gabriel, the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, said: “Europe has been – and still is – a huge player when it comes to film production. It is up to us to ensure that European works enjoy the audience that they deserve. Lumiere VOD, covering already more than 150 VOD services and 35,000 European films, is an initiative taken in the frame of our #Digital4Culture strategy”

Susanne Nikoltchev, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory stated that “the creation of Lumiere VOD is a logical development of the Observatory’s research and already valuable expertise concerning the VOD markets in Europe.”

Both the European Commission and the Observatory hope that this new platform will provide greater transparency concerning the European VOD market. It may indeed help increase the presence, visibility and circulation of European films across borders.

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Research, Top Story Tagged With: European Commission, Lumiere VOD Edited: 18 April 2019 09:56

About Robert Briel

Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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