Towards sustainable financing models for television production? Challenges for audiovisual policy support in small media markets

This paper sets out from a contextual perspective to describe and evaluate the mix or ‘policy toolkits’ available for policymakers to sustain the financing of tv drama production in small countries, and the mechanisms to support a viable television production sector. It questions how and to what existing TV production in small nations is affected by international and national shifts caused by multiplication of distribution platforms and shifts in media consumption, and to what extent these challenges affect existing ecosystems of TV production. Basing on an evaluation of existing financing and supporting mechanisms for media policymakers, the paper analyzes the sustainability of existing support and new instruments media policymakers have for future-proof regulation and support for domestic quality content. Evidence from this paper derives from a large-scale analysis of the Flemish audiovisual sector. The research is based on analysis of policy and sector documents (annual reports, press releases, policy documents, legislation), secondary data retrieved from TV producers and broadcasters and a series of semi-structured expert interviews and roundtable discussions with representatives of media organizations along the broadcasting value chain

EU must stand up for jailed Iranian scholar Ahmadreza Djalali. Egmont Commentary 1 December 2020.

A Swedish citizen faces capital punishment without a fair trial. The EU cannot afford to stay silent. In a faraway prison, an Iranian-Swedish scientist awaits execution. Ahmadreza Djalali, a specialist in disaster medicine sentenced to death for allegedly collaborating with Israeli intelligence, was told last week that his execution is imminent. Faced with this grim development, Sweden and Belgium, as well as the NGO Amnesty International, have deployed all possible means to halt his execution. If the European Union is serious about defending the rule of law and the rights of its citizens, it needs to come out strongly in defense of Djalali too. It cannot allow Djalali, like other dual citizens before him, to be reduced to mere pawns in a game of geopolitical chess

VAF Vooronderzoek 'Verzameling audiovisuele data' : actieplan

Policy report for the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds/VAF) exploring the future data collection strategies for investigating the Flemish/Belgian audiovisual sector within a European and international context

Design and process evaluation of an informative website tailored to breast cancer survivors' and intimate partners' post-treatment care needs

BACKGROUND: On-line provision of information during the transition phase after treatment carries great promise in meeting shortcomings in post-treatment care for breast cancer survivors and their partners. The objectives of this study are to describe the development and process evaluation of a tailored informative website and to assess which characteristics of survivors and partners, participating in the feasibility study, are related to visiting the website. METHODS: The development process included quantitative and qualitative assessments of survivors' and partners' care needs and preferences. Participants' use and evaluation of the website were explored by conducting baseline and post-measurements. During the intervening 10--12 weeks 57 survivors and 28 partners were granted access to the website. RESULTS:Fifty-seven percent (n=21) of survivors who took part in the post-measurement indicated that they had visited the website. Compared to non-visitors (n=16), they were more likely to have a partner and a higher income, reported higher levels of self-esteem and had completed treatment for a longer period of time. Partners who consulted the on-line information (42%, n=8) were younger and reported lower levels of social support compared to partners who did not visit the website (n=11). Visitors generally evaluated the content and lay-out positively, yet some believed the information was incomplete and impersonal. CONCLUSIONS: The website reached only about half of survivors and partners, yet was mostly well-received. Besides other ways of providing information and support, a website containing clear-cut and tailored information could be a useful tool in post-treatment care provision

A RECAM E A POLÍTICA CINEMATOGRÁFICA DO MERCOSUL: PROMOÇÃO DA INTEGRAÇÃO REGIONAL E DA DIVERSIDADE CULTURAL?

O artigo aborda as políticas cinematográficas do Mercosul para compreender como tais políticas provocam a conformação de um espaço cinematográfico regional e, por conseguinte, contribuem para a diversidade cultural. A Economia Política da Comunicação e da Cultura orienta a abordagem conceitual. A análise considera o conceito de governança para investigar as complexas relações entre os atores interessados. O exame das políticas cinematográficas é efetuado através de documentos e da análise histórico-descritiva do contexto. A pesquisa conclui tratar-se de uma política incremental que promove articulações das redes, porém com capacidade limitada para promover a integração regional e provocar mudanças estruturais no modelo de negócio cinematográfico das majors locais e de Hollywood

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Tim Bellens, Anne Schryvers, Dries Tys, Delfien Termote en Hans Nakken - Archeologisch onderzoek van de Antwerpse burcht. [Archaeological research of the Antwerp fortress.]Het onderzoek naar het ontstaan en de evolutie van de Antwerpse burcht blijft tot op vandaag moeilijk te interpreteren en vele vragen kunnen enkel nog beantwoord worden door archeologisch onderzoek. Recent brachten opgravingen in de burchtzone een bodemarchief van onschatbare waarde aan het licht. Beetje bij beetje slagen Antwerpse archeologen er in om een bijna vergeten stadsicoon opnieuw tot leven te brengen.Dirk Pauwels, Frans Doperé en Bart Minnen - De Demer gedomineerd: de heer van Rivieren en zijn middeleeuwse woontoren in Gelrode. [Dominating the Demer river: the Lord of Rivieren and his mediaeval tower residence in Gelrode.]Zowel uit archiefbronnen als uit oude kaarten en tekeningen was het bestaan van een middeleeuwse woontoren in Gelrode bekend. Maar toen in 2007, bij tuinwerkzaamheden in een park, de fundamenten van een vierkant gebouw werden aangetroffen, konden ook archeologen voor het eerst de woning van de heer van Rivieren aan een grondig onderzoek onderwerpen.Caroline Ryssaert, Janiek De Gryse, Dries Tys, Cecile Baeteman, Joep Orbons, Delfien Termote en Pedro Pype - De \u27cirkel\u27 van Ver-Assebroek: prehistorisch heiligdom of middeleeuwse versterking? [The circle of Ver-Assebroek: prehistoric sanctuary or mediaeval fortification?]In het landschap van Ver-Assebroek bevinden zich enkele zeer mysterieuze cirkels, lang onderwerp van verhitte discussies. Wat voor sommigen een prehistorisch heiligdom was, is volgens anderen een middeleeuwse versterking. Nieuw interdisciplinair onderzoek, in opdracht van de Vlaamse overheid, lost een oud mysterie eindelijk op.Karel Breda, Lode De Clercq, Janiek De Gryse, Michel de Waha, Frans Doperé, Pedro Pype en Isolde Verhulst - Kasteel van Beersel. Een evaluatie na de eerste restauratiefase. [The Beersel castle. An assessment following the restorations first phase.]De huidige werken aan het kasteel van Beersel, sluitstuk van restauraties die al vanaf de jaren 28 van vorige eeuw begonnen, hebben een voorbeeldfunctie. De grondige restauratie werd immers intensief voorbereid en begeleid door archeologen, historici en bouwhistorici. Grondig en goed overwogen archeologisch onderzoek kon zo antwoorden bieden op vragen die anders wellicht voor altijd onbeantwoord zouden zijn gebleven.Summar

Measurement of the Splitting Function in &ITpp &ITand Pb-Pb Collisions at root&ITsNN&IT=5.02 TeV

Data from heavy ion collisions suggest that the evolution of a parton shower is modified by interactions with the color charges in the dense partonic medium created in these collisions, but it is not known where in the shower evolution the modifications occur. The momentum ratio of the two leading partons, resolved as subjets, provides information about the parton shower evolution. This substructure observable, known as the splitting function, reflects the process of a parton splitting into two other partons and has been measured for jets with transverse momentum between 140 and 500 GeV, in pp and PbPb collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair. In central PbPb collisions, the splitting function indicates a more unbalanced momentum ratio, compared to peripheral PbPb and pp collisions.. The measurements are compared to various predictions from event generators and analytical calculations.Peer reviewe

Measurement of nuclear modification factors of gamma(1S)), gamma(2S), and gamma(3S) mesons in PbPb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

The cross sections for ϒ(1S), ϒ(2S), and ϒ(3S) production in lead-lead (PbPb) and proton-proton (pp) collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV have been measured using the CMS detector at the LHC. The nuclear modification factors, RAA, derived from the PbPb-to-pp ratio of yields for each state, are studied as functions of meson rapidity and transverse momentum, as well as PbPb collision centrality. The yields of all three states are found to be significantly suppressed, and compatible with a sequential ordering of the suppression, RAA(ϒ(1S)) > RAA(ϒ(2S)) > RAA(ϒ(3S)). The suppression of ϒ(1S) is larger than that seen at √sNN = 2.76 TeV, although the two are compatible within uncertainties. The upper limit on the RAA of ϒ(3S) integrated over pT, rapidity and centrality is 0.096 at 95% confidence level, which is the strongest suppression observed for a quarkonium state in heavy ion collisions to date. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.Peer reviewe