Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe
Acronym: ACT
General Information
Identification Code: 18574111503-28
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: EEIG
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 4/9/2009
Last Update: 6/18/2024
EP Accredited Number: 6
Mission & Interests
Goals: Promote and defend the ACT Vision in EU legislative discussions and EU media by responding to public inquiries, creating and disseminating industry information and positions as well as organising policy discussion platforms to promote the collective interests of its Members.
More specifically, the purpose of the EEIG is to promote the collective interest of its Members by:
• facilitating the definition of common positions, proposals and actions on, including without limitation, regulatory environment, professional rules, programming
• explaining to national, international or European policy makers the contribution the television and related VOD Services industry makes to European society, in terms of, including without limitation, culture, news and to the European economy, in terms of, including without limitation, growth, innovation, jobs
• influencing the EU’s political and policy agendas
• keeping its Members informed of relevant developments.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Competition
- Consumers
- Culture
- Culture and media
- Digital economy and society
- Employment and social affairs
- Enlargement
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Sport
- Taxation
- Trade
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Our priority issues are:
- Digital Single Market,
- Digital Services Act,
- Digital Markets Act,
- Copyright Directive, SatCab directive
- Piracy of live content
- Regulation of media content (especially Audiovisual Media Services directive),
- European Media Freedom Act
- Media and Audio-visual Action Plan
- Network fees
- e-Privacy,
- European Democracy Action Plan & Disinformation
- Better internet for kids
- Regulation of advertising,
- E-commerce Directive,
- EU Data protection
- Consumer protection
- Platform-to-Business
- Geoblocking
- IPR Enforcement
- Trade
- Accessibility of Content
- Digital Tax
- Platform Responsibility
- Artificial Intelligence
- Political advertising
Communication Activities: World TV Day (21 November)
See ACT website - www.acte.be
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Artificial intelligence and digital,Unofficial groupings
Head Office
Address: Rue des Deux Eglises, 26
Post Code: 1000
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Rue des Deux Eglises, 26
Post Code: 1000
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 2
Members: 6
Members F T E: 5.5
Info Members: This figure will vary from year to year, depending on the extent to which regulation impacting our member companies' business interests is proposed by the European Commission, as some staff work both on lobbying and non-lobbying activities.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: We enclose our website link which lists our members in detail, http://acte.be/about-us/act-members.
Organisation Members: European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
Ethical Journalism Network
Creativity Works! Alliance
European Internet Forum
Live Content Coalition
Digital Video Broadcasting Project
European Audiovisual Observatory
Responsible advertising to Children
Audiovisual Social Dialogue Committee
Better Internet for Kids (BIK+)
Agorateka
EMR
SDG Media Compact
SOMA
Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance
EUIPO
WIPO