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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7719

18 May 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/culture
Television problems (transition to digital technologies, separation between infrastructure and content, correct application of the Broadcasting Directive) were the focus of the second half of the Council session

Brussels, 17/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Broad consensus was reached on Monday within the Culture Council on the principles applicable to audiovisual policy with the development of digital technologies. "The Commission emphasised (in its communication of December 1999) some very important elements, namely that the infrastructures and content were two aspects that should be dealt with separately and that the regulation on content must be applied whatever the means of diffusion (principle of...

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