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 […]
Green Paper on Online Distribution of Audiovisual Works in the EU
18 November 2011 – GREEN PAPER ON “ONLINE DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIOVISUAL WORKS IN THE EU: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES TOWARDS A DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET” – 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 is located […]
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 […]
Les Indépendants Fêtent « Les 30 Ans de la FM et du SIRTI » – 22/03/2011
MERCREDI 30 MARS, LES INDEPENDANTS DE L’AUDIOVISUEL, RADIO ET TELEVISION, FETERONT LE 30EME ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA LIBERATION DES ONDES SUR LA BANDE FM, EN MEME TEMPS QUE LES 30 ANS DE LEUR SYNDICAT, LE SIRTI. Cet événement, non loin des antennes de la Tour Eiffel à Paris, sera l’occasion de se remémorer la création des […]
AER 20th Anniversary in Brussels – 2+3/03/2011
EUROPEAN COMMISSION VICE-PRESIDENT NEELIE KROES ADDRESSES THE ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN RADIOS’ ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE OCCASION OF ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEDIA RELEASE The Association of European Radios (AER) held in Brussels its Annual Conference and General Assembly on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary. Besides approving AER’s new internal organisational chart, these […]
Association of European Radios AER Celebrates 20th General Assembly – 2+3/03/2011
AER CELEBRATES 20TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEDIA RELEASE Brussels, March 1st, 2011 On March 2nd/3rd 2011, the organisation defending the interests of commercially funded private radios at EU level, AER, will celebrate its 20th General Assembly. Since it was founded by four national associations of private radios in 1992, AER has grown to be a Europe-wide […]