AER 2012 CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY – MARCH 21ST – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – BRUSSELS AER RECALLS THE IMPORTANCE OF RADIO FOR MUSIC, CALLS FOR IMPROVED LICENSING, GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY FROM COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS AND CALLS FOR RADIO TO BE INCLUDED IN MEDIA PROGRAMME The Association of European Radios (AER) held in Brussels its 2012 […]
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Radiodays Europe in Barcelona – 15+16/03/2012
RADIODAYS EUROPE, THE LARGEST ANNUAL RADIO CONFERENCE IN EUROPE, WILL NEXT YEAR TAKE PLACE AT THE HEART OF BARCELONA’S CENTRAL RAVAL DISTRICT ON MARCH 15th-16th, 2012. Radiodays Europe is the meeting point for all radio in Europe, bringing together private and public radios in Europe. The 2011 conference in Copenhagen had nearly 700 participants from […]
World Radio Day – 13/02/12
WORLD RADIO DAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2012 – RADIO MUST REMAIN A FREE MEDIUM / JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LA RADIO, 13 FEVRIER 2012 – LA RADIO DOIT RESTER UN MEDIA LIBRE ET D’ACCES GRATUIT EN The Association of European Radios (AER), representing more than 4500 commercially funded radios from all across Europe, celebrates today the first […]
Talk Radio Access to Airwaves Hindered in Hungary – 07/02/2012
MEDIA RELEASE AER has today written to the Hungarian Media Council to protest alleged irregularities in talk radio licensing procedure. The letter states that the recent appeared prioritisation for musical radio offerings in place of talk radio stations risks to significantly reduce the amount of debates on air in Budapest and in the rest of […]
AER’s Key Points for a Framework on Authors’ and Related Rights – 2012
2012 – AER’S KEY POINTS FOR A FRAMEWORK ON AUTHORS’ AND RELATED RIGHTS Copyrights – Collective management Radio is a constitutive element of the “creative content sector” – Radios are both rights holders and important rights users. Radio broadcasters across Europe pay over €2.6 billion per year for content, mostly music rights, and payment for […]
Radio in the Digital Agenda – 2012
2012 – RADIO IN THE DIGITAL AGENDA – SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT Radio still requires use of spectrum, as a primary user – It is still unsure how transmission of radio via internet can efficiently replace radio broadcasting. The “FM band” is very efficiently used – In most of Europe, currently and for the foreseeable future, there […]
Possibilities for Future Terrestrial Delivery of Audio Broadcasting Services – ECC Report 177
22 December 2011 – POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE TERRESTRIAL DELIVERY OF AUDIO BROADCASTING SERVICES – ECC REPORT 177 – AER POSITION The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4,500 commercially-funded radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland. AER’s main objective is to develop and improve the […]
Media Leaders and EU Politicians at European Parliament Agree on Importance of Advertising -19/10/11
Representatives of the European media and advertising industry – including the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), the Association of European Radios (AER), the European Publishers’ Council (EPC), the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA), the association of television and radio sales houses (egta), the European Magazine Media Association (EMMA), the European Newspaper Publishers’ […]
State Aid Reporting obligations
17 August 2011 – ACT, AER AND EPC’S RESPONSE TO THE COMMISSION ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE STATE AID REPORTING OBLIGATIONS This submission is made on behalf of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), the Association of European Radios (AER) and the European Publishers Council (EPC). Together, these associations and groups represent companies […]
Online Gambling in the Internal Market
31 July 2011- AER’S POSITION REGARDING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S CONSULTATION BASED ON THE GREEN PAPER ON ONLINE GAMBLING IN THE INTERNAL MARKET The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4,500 commercially-funded radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland. AER is located at: Association Européenne des […]