Saturday 18th of May, 2013 11:00 – 13:00 Salon des Ambassadeurs, 4th floor, Palais des Festivals Moderator: Wolfgang Closs Welcome: Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director, European Audiovisual Observatory Film and VoD Market trends in Europe André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory (7 minutes) The promotion of European works through on-demand audiovisual media services: current state of affairs and sample challenges Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information, European Audiovisual Observatory (7 minutes) The role of the Internet in the marketing of films Benoît Danard, Head of Research, statistics and prospective at the French CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) How can the regulators boost the promotion of European films on the new platforms? Jean-François Furnémont, Director of the Belgian Regulatory Authority, CSA (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASE STUDIES: how to deal with the fragmented VoD market? moderated by Nils Klevjer Aas, Senior Advisor, research and Policy at the Norwegian Film Institute ♦ Aviva Silver, Head of the Unit "Creative Europe - MEDIA" in the Directorate General “Education and Culture” of the European Commission ♦ Dragoslav Zahariev, Secretary General EuroVoD /UniversCiné ♦ Scilla Andreen, Co-Founder and CEO, IndieFlix Inc ♦ Pierre-Alexandre Labelle, Co-Founder, Under the Milky Way Followed by a question and answer session with th
