Brussels, 15/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday in Brussels Industry and Member States' representatives gathered for the 'Broadband Content Workshop' held by the European Commission. The broadband market can broadly be divided into connectivity and the provision of content it enables. This market is characterised by the so-called 'chicken-and-egg problem', whereby funding more advanced multimedia services depends on the availability of broadband for these services to run on, while funding broadband infrastructure depends on the availability of new content to run on it. Presentations were made by representatives of a cross section of operators and of content providers. The meeting allowed a collection of stakeholders' views on the role of public policy in facilitating the removal of barriers. Such barriers were notably identified as the relatively limited amount of users, the need for new business models, the necessity to address a large variety of needs and preferences and the need to boost the single market for electronic communications. Piracy issues, the need for effective interoperability and security issues were also raised. Another follow-up workshop has been announced for 28 October.