The creative sector, on the IA Act: « no code of practice would be better than the fundamentally flawed third draft »
Nearly forty organizations from the cultural sector believe that instead of fulfilling the mission of strengthening copyright enforcement by AI developers on the basis of the AI Act, the European Commission's current work on the future code of good practice on AI makes these rights less effective. The creative sector…
Spotify relies on video podcasts to win over a younger audience
After the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, Spotify today announced the launch in France of the Spotify Partner Program, a scheme designed to support and monetize video podcasts. A strategic choice motivated by the meteoric rise of the format, which attracts a younger audience less loyal to…
IA Act: culture disappointed by the Commission’s work on copyright compliance by AI developers
Just weeks before the publication of a Code of Practice by the European Commission as part of the European Regulation on AI, the creative sector is no longer hiding its disappointment, and points out that as written, the third draft of the text, far from avoiding lawsuits, would make them…
France Télévisions: Ambitious digital transformation for June 6
Delphine Ernotte and the management of France Télévisions have presented their strategy for June 6, with a clearly ambitious project on programs and audiences but also with a lack of synthesis and guiding idea for a possible next mandate. It will surely come in due course. June 6 is shaping…
Audience measurement: broadcasters call for concrete obligations on platforms
Facing up to platforms, representatives of private and public TV channels, streamers and advertising agencies in Brussels are calling for a level playing field when it comes to audience measurement. To this end, they believe that the European Commission should adopt guidelines based on the Media Freedom Act, which sets…
What American companies do not like about European regulations
The contributions of American tech and cultural players to the White House's call on trade barriers show that each wants to see different European measures disappear: tech is attacking taxes on digital services, the DSA and the DMA, while the cultural sector is criticizing the copyright directive's text and data…