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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Thursday, November 24, 2011

What would you do with 1.8 billion?

Thousands of people working in cinema, TV, culture, music, performing arts, heritage and related areas would benefit from increased EU support under the new Creative Europe programme unveiled by the European Commission today. With a proposed budget of €1.8 billion for the period 2014-2020, it would be a much-needed boost for the cultural and creative industries, which are a major source of jobs and growth in Europe. The new programme would allocate more than €900 million in support of the cinema and audiovisual sector (area covered by current MEDIA programme) and almost € 500 million for culture. The Commission is also proposing to allocate more than €210 million for a new financial guarantee facility, which would enable small operators to access up to €1 billion in bank loans, as well as around €60 million in support of policy cooperation and fostering innovative approaches to audience building and new business models.

Read the full press release here

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Photo of the day 19-11-11

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Sunset over the Llyn Peninsula

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Digital film preservation in archives - presentations

The presentations from the recent symposium (21 to 23 September 2011 in Krems)on digital film restoration in archives are now available here.

Green Paper Consultation Deadline imminent

Green Paper on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the Eurohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifpean Union: opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market.

"The Green Paper looks at the ways in which the audiovisual sector is changing in response to technology developments and consumer expectations. It invites stakeholders to comment on the challenges and opportunities facing audiovisual media service providers, and in particular whether the regulatory and legal framework poses barriers to the cross border availability of online services in the EU. The Green Paper focuses in particular on the copyright licensing framework, and discusses a number of regulatory approaches to licensing. In addition, it looks at the remuneration of authors and performers for the online use of their works; and deals with certain special uses of audiovisual works"

Note the deadline for comments is 18 November.

Digital data archiving

PV2011: CNES, Toulouse, France, Conference - Standards for Archives and Interoperability enabling new added value services 15-17 November.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Photo of the day 1-11-11

aber oops

Oops a daisy. Yes, there are autumnal surfers in the cold cold waters of Cardigan Bay

2Bn anyone?

IMAGO President draws attention to the real cost of film digitising, and what will happen if a step change in funding is not made.