16 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2012/2132(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the key objective of media regulation is to preserve the diversity of supply and suppliers;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that Member States should ensure that audiovisual media services are accessible free of charge;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the AVMSD is based on the principle of technological neutrality and thus covers all services with audiovisual content irrespective of the technology used to deliver the content, guaranteeing a level playing field for all audiovisual media service providersguarantees a free flow of audiovisual media services as an internal market instrument, whilst taking into account the nature of these services as cultural goods as well as their special importance to society, democracy, freedom of expression, freedom of information and diversity of opinion;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that the Audiovisual Media Services Directive already includes provisions aimed at the promotion of European works by independent producers by the Member States;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the AVMSD aims to safeguard cultural diversity bypreserve independent cultural development in the Member States and safeguard cultural diversity in the Union, particularly through minimum harmonisation and the promotingon of European audiovisual works;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that the proportion of advertising and teleshopping spots should not exceed 12 minutes per hour; highlights the need to monitor commercial formats devised to skirt this restriction and calls for a ban on advertisingprejudicial advertising, as described in Article 9 of Directive 2010/13/EU, during programmes for children and young people; recommends an analysis of best practice in this field in certain countries as the basis for future reform of the legislative framework; calls on the Commission to update in 2013 its interpretative communication on television advertising to take account of experience gained under the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, and the EU Alcohol and Health Forum;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that the proportion of televised advertisings and teleshopping spots should not exceed 12 minutes per hour; highlights the need to monitor commercial formats devised to skirt this restriction and calls for a ban on advertising during programmes for children and young people; recommends an analysis of best practice in this field in certain countries as the basis for future reform of the legislative framework;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the vagueness of the term ‘platform’ perhaps calls for legal safeguards on the inclusion of platform providers, content providers and other service operators among the media covered by this Directive;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks that audiovisual media services and their related devices give consideration to the rights of ease of use and consumption; stresses the need to define the concepts of a ‘television service’ and to ensure that it is fully and equally accessible'programme' in order to ensure that these services are fully and equally accessible and that a level playing field applies for all programme providers in the internal market;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that new technological developments such as the different content (services) coming together on Connected TV platforms can distort competition between linear and non- linear services that comply with very different regulatory requirements; calls therefore on the Commission to consider whether in this context Directives 2010/13/EU and 2000/31/EC should be subject to revision.
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for wider accessibility of programmes, in particular those rendered via on-demand services,Recognises that Member States should encourage media service providers under their jurisdiction to gradually make their services available to the hard of hearing and the visually impaired, for example through further developments in, inter alia, audio description, audio/spoken subtitles, sign language and menu navigation, notably of electronic programme guides (EPGs);
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that although sucheffective self- regulatory initiatives represent an advance on the priand co-regulatory situation, they have not proved to be sufficiently effective andystems in the Member States cannot replace legally binding requirements, thatey may be necessary to ensurehelpful, particularly in an online context, as a complement to statutory youth-protection provisions, thus improving the effective protection of minors;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to continue closely and effectively to monitor compliance with the 12-minute limitation in Member States and to initiat, as well as monitoring compliance with existing rules setting out qualitative and quantitative stipulations on advertising, to have an eye to future challenges, e.g. that of Connected TV, in terms of the competitiveness and the sustainable finfringement procedures where necessaryancing of audiovisual media services;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to update its interpretative communication on certain aspects of the provisions on televised advertising in 2013, which could provide indications on how to attain the qualitative minimum standards for all audiovisual commercial communications in Article 9 of the AVMSD;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the Member States to integrate media literacy in, especially in relation to digital media, into their respective school curricula;