Industry Coalitions
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Live Content Coalition
The Live Content Coalition for EU Action on Piracy was created to highlight the negative impacts that digital piracy has on the live content sectors across Europe and the world, and push for regulatory action from the European Union and its member states on these practices that plague our industries. The Live Content Coalition is a group of representatives of leading European live content producers, broadcasters, and exhibitors. As representatives of live events, including sports, music concerts and festivals, broadcast television, and tickets sellers, we are all united in the fight to stop piracy.
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Soma
The SOMA project exists to provide support to a European community, called “European Observatory against Disinformation”, that will jointly fight disinformation
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Creativity Works! Coalition
Like-minded organisations, federations and associations from the European cultural and creative sectors have formed a coalition: Creativity Works!. Its objective is to engage in an open and informed dialogue with EU policy-makers about the economic and cultural contribution made by the in the digital age.
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European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
EDAA is the organisation responsible for enacting key aspects of the self-regulatory initiative for Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) across Europe.
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Ethical Journalism Network
EJN is a global informal coalition of media professional groups and journalism support organisations working across all platforms of the rapidly–changing media, information and communications landscape. Its aim is to promote high standards of transparency, good governance, ethical conduct and self-regulation in journalism.
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Responsible Advertising to Children
RAC represents advertisers, agencies and the media worldwide. Its members share a common vision for the promotion of responsible marketing communications.
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Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance
AAPA represents companies involved in the provision of protected audiovisual services, security technology for such services, and the manufacturing of products which facilitate the delivery of such services. AAPA’s mission is to enable the fight against piracy by coordinating intelligence and action supported by effective legislation and its implementation.
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DVB Project
Founded in 1993, the DVB Project is an industry-led consortium of the world’s leading media and technology companies working together to design open technical specifications for digital media delivery.
Institutional Partners
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Audiovisual Social Dialogue Committee
The EU’s audiovisual sector – public and commercial broadcasting, and independent television and film production – employs around 700,000 people in over 130,000 companies. These workers and employers are represented at EU level by the organisations listed above, who sit on the EU audiovisual sector social dialogue committee.
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European Internet Forum
In March 2000, only a few years after the invention of the World Wide Web, three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political groups co-founded the European Internet Forum (EIF) with the aim to create an MEP-led network of digital policy stakeholders and a neutral, transparent and non-partisan platform to better understand the Internet and its foreseeable impact on Europe's economy, society and governance. EIF's mission is to support European political leadership for the development of European and multilateral public policies responsive to the political, economic and social challenges of worldwide digital transformation, and to help MEPs ensure that European public policies are fit for the digital age.
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World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation. A self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 193 member states. WIPO’s mission is to lead the development of a balanced and effective international IP system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all.
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Agorateka
The European online content portal, agorateka, developed by EUIPO through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, helps consumers identify legal offers for music, TV & films, games, books and sports events in participating European countries through a single portal. The initiative also informs policymakers about the current situation on legal offers available online. The portal links to existing national portals in those countries where they exist, and promotes the construction of such portals in countries where there are currently none with the help of a toolkit provided by EUIPO.
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Better Internet for Kids (BIK+)
The new strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+), adopted on 11 May 2022, will ensure that children are protected, respected and empowered online in the new Digital Decade, in line with the European Digital Principles. Under BIK+, the Better Internet for Kids portal will continue to provide a wealth of resources and best practice, in cooperation with the EU co-funded network of Safer Internet Centres in Member States, who reach out to children, parents and teachers. An EU code on age-appropriate design, work towards standardising age assurance and verification in Europe, support for rapid assessment of illegal and harmful content, and ensuring the ‘116 111’ number offers help to victims of cyberbullying.
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European Union Intellectual Property Office
The EUIPO is an Agency of the European Union and works in partnership with national and regional EU intellectual property offices, user groups, the European Commission, the European Parliament and other international organisations.
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Council of Europe Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI)
The Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) is vested with the important mission to steer the work of the Council of Europe in the field of freedom of expression, media and internet governance.
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SDG Media Compact
The SDG Media Compact seeks to inspire media and entertainment companies around the world to leverage their resources and creative talent to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Launched by the UN Secretary-General in September 2018, ACT is a founding signatory.
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EU platform for action on diet, physical activity and health
EU platform for action on diet, physical activity and health is a forum for European-level organisations, ranging from the food industry to consumer protection NGOs, willing to commit to tackling current trends in diet and physical activity.
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European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO)
The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) was created in 1992 in order to collect and distribute information about the audiovisual industries in Europe. ACT is a member of the Advisory Committee of the EAO.
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EMR – Institute of European Media Law
The Institute of European Media Law (EMR) is a Europe-wide network of over 180 legal experts based in Saarbrücken (Germany). The EMR was founded in 1990 as a non-profit association; today it is a partner of numerous national and European institutions. The Institute acts as a service provider and neutral platform in a number of fields of media law and policy.