Europe’s Digital Media Future, And Convergence

E.U.’s top policy maker for the IT and media industries, Viviane Reding, talks in details about how the film industry, telecommunications operators, IT researchers and regulators across Europe are responding [to digital convergence and threats etc] , and about the effect these actions will have on citizens, whether they be movie buffs, car drivers, hospital patients or library users.

On June 1, the European Commission will unveil a five-year program to harness the opportunities of the digital economy and help the E.U. close the lead taken by the U.S. and Japan in this field. The program, i2010, aims to create the right framework for investment in the information technology sector, with digital content taking a lead part of this program…

The Commission hopes that leading film and telecom companies will soon agree to launch a charter on sharing online film revenue.

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