23 September 2013 – AER COMMENTS ON THE GREEN PAPER PREPARING FOR A FULLY CONVERGED AUDIOVISUAL WORLD: GROWTH, CREATION AND VALUE The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4500 commercially funded radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland. AER is located at: Association Européenne des […]
Gender Equality in the EU AV Sector
September 2013 – Gender Equality in the EU AV Sector Social partners from the EU Audiovisual Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee adopted a Framework of Actions (FoA) on Gender Equality to promote gender equality in the audiovisual sector throughout the EU. This framework of action expresses the common views in this field from both the unions […]
AER comments on the High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism Independent Report
14 June 2013 – AER COMMENTS ON THE HIGH LEVEL GROUP ON MEDIA FREEDOM AND PLURALISM INDEPENDENT REPORT 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 Radios 76, av. […]
AER Position on RSPG Opinion on Wireless Broadband
03 May 2013 – RADIO SPECTRUM POLICY GROUP – DRAFT RSPG OPINION ON STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FACING EUROPE IN ADDRESSING THE GROWING DEMAND FOR WIRELESS BROADBAND – AER COMMENTS 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 […]
AER 2013 Conference – 27/02/13 – European Parliament – Brussels
AER 2013 CONFERENCE – FEBRUARY 27TH – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – BRUSSELS AER RECALLS THAT COMMERCIAL RADIO IS MAINLY LOCAL AND REGIONAL, DELIVERS SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST AND REQUIRES EASIER LICENSING FOR THE USE OF MUSIC / L’AER RAPPELLE QUE LA RADIO PRIVEE EST UN MEDIA PRINCIPALMENET LOCAL ET REGIONAL, QU’ELLE OFFRE DES SERVICES D’INTERET GENERAL […]
World Radio Day – 13/02/13
WORLD RADIO DAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2013 – RADIO YOUR TRUSTED GUIDE / JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LA RADIO, 13 FEVRIER 2013 – LA RADIO, VOTRE MEDIA DE CONFIANCE MEDIA RELEASE / COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE EN On this World Radio Day, the Association of European Radios (AER), representing more than 4500 commercially funded radios from all across […]
AER Position on Gambling Advertising – 2013
2013 – AER ONE-PAGER ON GAMBLING ADVERTISING Commercially funded radio depends almost 100% on advertising: adding advertising restrictions equates to fewer and poorer free-to-air programmes. Introducing information messages in radio advertising is not the appropriate tool to enable improved consumer information, in order to allow well-informed purchase decisions. In the particular case of gambling, advertising […]
Review of the Existing Legislation on VAT Reduced Rates – AER Comments
04 January 2013 – AER COMMENTS ON THE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION ON VAT REDUCED RATES 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 Radios 76, av. d’Auderghem, 1040 […]
Joint Declaration on Signal Piracy By The World Broadcasting Unions
2013 – JOINT DECLARATION ON SIGNAL PIRACY BY THE WORLD BROADCASTING UNIONS In September the World Broadcasting Unions signed a declaration urging WIPO-Member governments to build on their constructive engagement through the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) and request the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO): – to prioritise […]
CUP Common Concerns on Directive on Collective Rights Management
2013 – CUP COMMON CONCERNS ON DIRECTIVE ON COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT The Copyright Users’ Platform (CUP) is a forum for informal dialogue between representative organisations of major copyright users. CUP members meet regularly to discuss EU copyright policy and have actively debated the recent European Commission proposal for a Directive on collective rights management. Building […]