| Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | Broadcasting Association |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Membership | 31 member companies |
| Official languages | English, French |
| President | Philippe Delusinne, CEO RTL Belgium |
| Website | http://www.acte.be |
The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) represents the interests of the commercial broadcasting sector in Europe. Formed in 1989, the ACT has thirty-one member companies licensed in 30 different European countries and distributed across 45 European markets and beyond. Our members operate several hundred free-to-air and pay-tv channels and distribute many more channels and new services. The ACT members encompass several business models: free-to-air broadcasters and pay-TV players, digital platform operators and multimedia groups.
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The ACT represents the interests of the commercial broadcasting sector towards the EU institutions and international bodies. The most relevant policy issues[1] of importance to the ACT are:
Philippe Delusinne, CEO RTL Belgium, has been elected as President of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) at the ACT’s Annual General Meeting in Brussels on 9 June 2009. Ross Biggam has been Director General of the ACT since 2000. In terms of organisational structure, the ACT coordinates the work via its different working groups, which reflect the core areas listed above.
The ACT has thirty-one member companies licensed in 30 different European countries and distributed across 45 European markets and beyond [2] and operating several hundred free-to-air and pay-tv channels and distributing several hundred channels and new services.
ACT's member companies:
Antena 1 (Romania), Antena 3 (Spain), Antenna TV (Greece), BSkyB (UK), bTV(Bulgaria), Canal+ (France), CME (Czech Republic), Discovery (UK), ITV (UK), Kanal D (Turkey), M6 (France), Mediaset (Italy), Mega Channel (Greece), MTG (Sweden), MTV Media (Finland), MTV Networks Europe (UK), National TV (Romania), NTV (Turkey), POP TV/Kanal A (Slovenia), ProSiebenSat.1Group (Germany), RTLGroup (Luxembourg), Sanoma Entertainment (Finland), SKY Deutschland (Germany), SKY Italia (Italy), Sogecable (Spain), Telecinco (Spain), TF1 (France), TV3 (Ireland), TV4 (Sweden), TVI (Portugal), TVN (Poland), VMMa (Belgium).
The 3rd Annual ACT Conference was held on 9 November 2010 in Brussels, at the Claridge 3rd Annual ACT Conference.
The ACT is working closely with a variety of partner institutions and industry organisations[5] such as: