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18 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2014/2148(INI)

Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas however a growing number of European films with a modest production and promotion budget would benefit from more flexible release strategies and earlier availability in VOD services;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas Article 13.1 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) obliges Member States to ensure that on-demand service providers promote European works;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Gc (new)
Gc. whereas this provision has been implemented in a diverse manner with different levels of legal requirements and has led to providers establishing themselves in those Member States with the lowest requirements;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas it is essential to guarantee funding for the digitisation, preservation and online availability of film heritage and related materials and to establish European standards on preservation of digital films;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas media literacy, and in particular film literacy can empower citizens to develop critical thinking and understanding;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of recently adopted preparatory action on 'Crowdsourcing subtitling to increase the circulation of European works' and the future work by the Commission to implement this action;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that there is a need to promote and support European coproductions and that the increase in such productions may result in the wider distribution of European films all across Europe;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights moreover growing success of high quality European TV series and the strategic importance of further encouraging their production, distribution and promotion on the European and the global markets;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recognises that cinemas are still the most important places to present and promote films and furthermore places where people meet and exchange views, and stresses that the disappearance of small and independent cinemas, in particular in small towns and less developed regions, limits access to European cultural resources, heritage and dialogue;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of MEDIA in testing innovative approaches in audience development, in particular through supporting festivals, film literacy initiatives and audience development actions;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States in particular to increase public funding to support at an early stage distribution and promotion of national films abroad as well as non- national European films;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to establish a European Film Forum, in order to facilitate a structured dialogue on the challenges currently faced by the European film industrywith all stakeholders of the European film industry on the challenges it currently faces in the digital era;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls in that respect for a broad participation and cooperation amongst all Institutions concerned, in particular with the European Parliament;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Supports innovative projects such as the Commission's preparatory action on the circulation of European films in the digital era, designed to test a more flexible release of films across media in several Member States and welcomes the integration of this action in the Creative Europe programme;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Member States to guarantee the appropriate level of funding for digitisation, preservation and online availability of film heritage;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on Member States to ensure the digitisation of cinematographic works and to set up compulsory deposit mechanisms for digital formats or adapt their existing mechanisms to such formats by requesting the deposit of a standard digital master for digital films;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Emphasizes the importance of audiovisual archives, especially from film heritage institutions and public service broadcasters, and the need for appropriate funding and rights clearance schemes to facilitate the fulfilling of their public interest missions, including preservation, digitisation and making available to the public;
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Highlights the important role of the European digital library EUROPEANA as a digital library for the European audiovisual heritage (both film and television);
2015/01/30
Committee: CULT