Centre de Documentation du CSA

« Media freedom and freedom of expression in the enlargement countries were topics of joint discussion between the Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes responsible for the Digital Agenda including media policy and Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle with President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on Tuesday in Strasbourg. They focused on how to best foster Freedom of Expression in the existing legal framework.

« There is no democracy without free press. Freedom of expression and media pluralism are at the heart of EU values: the same must be true for candidate and potential candidate countries. I made this clear during my recent visit to Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I will repeat it clearly in my visit to Turkey next week. The Commission can count on the support of all EP relevant committees and delegations in raising standards and awareness on this issue both within the EU and in its neighbourhood, » President Buzek said today »…

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Source : europa.eu/rapid/ [En ligne] Consulté le 18/11/2011

► Sur ce sujet, le centre de documentation vous propose notamment :

Andrea Czepek, Melanie Hellwig and Eva Nowak : Press freedom and pluralism in Europe – Concepts and conditions (Bristol, Intellect, 2009)

Ils s’appellent Rue 89, Médiapart, Slate ou Owni. Ce sont des “pure players”, des médias d’information qui officient exclusivement sur le Web. Quel est leur modèle économique ? Obligent-ils la presse traditionnelle à se réinventer ?…

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Source : www.telerama.fr [En ligne] Consulté le 18/11/2011

► Sur ce sujet, le centre de documentation peut vous proposer cet ouvrage : 

Graham Meikle and Guy Redden : News online – transformations and continuities (Basingstoke-UK, Palgrave-MacMillan, 2011)

Hungary’s new model of media regulation is creating a chilling effect and undermining freedom of expression said an international partnership mission comprised of leading press freedom and media development organizations today.

The partnership mission to Hungary, which took place from November 14^th to 16^th, included meetings with lawyers, journalists, editors, professional associations, representatives of civil society, the new media authorities, and the government representative to discuss the situation regarding the enactment and implementation of the new media law, which went into effect on January 1, 2011.

« The confluence of a difficult regulatory environment, deteriorating economic conditions, technological change and convergence in media, and a lack of unity and solidarity within the professional community has created a perfect storm that threatens the future of independent journalism in Hungary, » said Aidan White, head of the mission and an expert with the Media Diversity Institute. …

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Source : europe.ifj.org/ [En ligne] Consulté le 16/11/2011

► Sur le blog, d’autres posts sont consacrés à la Hongrie.  Le centre de documentation peut aussi vous proposer cette lecture :

Ildiko Kaposi : The Hungarian Media Landscape / In : Georgios Terzis (ed.) : European Media Governance : National and Regional Dimensions (Bristol, Intellect, 2007) p.363-374

 »Le CSA vient de rendre public, pour la seconde année consécutive, un rapport transversal relatif au contrôle annuel des télévisions locales (TVL). Ce document permet de dégager les grandes tendances du secteur en termes d’emploi, de situation économique et de programmation, entre autres. L’objectif du CSA est aussi de valoriser le dynamisme et la créativité des télévisions locales, en mettant en évidence les différentes initiatives qu’elles ont prises durant l’exercice écoulé.

Pour la première fois cette année, le CSA n’a relevé aucun manquement aux obligations des TVL, et par conséquent, n’a notifié aucun grief à l’issue de ce contrôle annuel. Chacune des 12 TVL a en effet respecté ses obligations et concrétisé toutes les missions décrétales qui lui ont été confiées… »

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Source : www.csa.be

« The long-awaited final version of the study on « Indicators for independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies for the purpose of enforcing the rules in the AVMS directive » was published on 14 November 2011. This very comprehensive study on regulatory authorities in Europe had been commissioned by the European Commission to a consortium directed by the Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung from the University of Hamburg, Germany and including The Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and Information & Communication Technology – ICRI at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Cullen International, The Center for Media and Communications Studies (CMCS) in Budapest as well as Perspective Associates as subcontractors. The three general objectives of the study are (1) a detailed legal description and analysis of the audiovisual media services regulatory bodies in the Member States, in candidate and potential candidate countries to the European Union and in the EFTA countries as well as four non-European countries, (2) an analysis of the effective implementation of the legal framework in these countries and (3) the identification of key characteristics constituting an Independent regulatory body in the light of the AVMS Directive…. »

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Source : www.epra.org [En ligne] Consulté le 15/11/2011

« This year’s edition of MIPCOM, an annual television and entertainment market held October 3-6 in Cannes, was an opportunity for industry players to reflect on the changes taking place in television brought on by the upsurge of the Web 2.0.