13 Amendments of Victor BOŞTINARU related to 2008/2011(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas community media foster active volunteer participation in media production rather than passive media consumption,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas community media fulfil a broad, yet largely unacknowledged role in the media landscape, particularly as a source of local content,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas community media encourage innovation, creativity and diversity of content,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the introduction of a code of practice, in addition to legal recognition, would clarify sector status, procedures and role, contributing to sector certainty while also ensuring independence and preventing misconduct,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas funded audience surveys would be useful to both the community media sector and policy-makers,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that community media can play a significant role in training programs involving external organisations, including universities, and unskilled community members as a valuable hub for work experience;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that, in light of the withdrawal or non existence of public and commercial media in some areas, including remote areas, and the tendency by commercial media to reduce local content, community media may provide the only source of local news and information and the only voice of local communities;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges that additional funding and digital adaptation would enable the community media sector to extend its innovation profile and to provide new and vital services bringing added value to the existing analogue offerings;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on Member States, and with particular emphasis those which acceded to the EU in 2004 and 2007, for more active support of community media to ensure media pluralism;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Asks Member States to make television and radio frequency spectrum, both analogue and digital, available bearing in mind that the service provided by community media is not to be assessed in terms of opportunity cost or justification of the cost of spectrum allocation but the social value it represents;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on Member States to establish regular audience surveys in order for the community media and policy-makers to assess programs, content, social impact and the attainment of social objectives;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages Member States to promote knowledge exchange between local, regional and national tiers of government;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that the creation of a European Community Media Association would foster best practices exchange, including management and fund-raising skills, contribute to a better representation of the sector's interests before the EU institutions as well as promote EU legislation development in this field;