Association of Commercial Television in Europe

Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
Formation 1989
Type Broadcasting Association
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Membership
 33 member companies
Official language
 English, French
President
 Philippe Delusinne, CEO RTL Belgium
Website http://www.acte.be

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) is a trade association representing the interests of the commercial broadcasting sector in Europe. Formed in 1989, the ACT has thirty-three member companies active in 36 European countries. The members are operating several hundred free-to-air and pay-TV channels and distributing several hundred channels and new services. The ACT members encompass several business models ranging from free-to-air television broadcasters and pay-TV players to digital platform operators and multimedia groups. By offering a wide range of choice and variety to the viewer, commercial broadcasters are a leading source of entertainment and information to millions of European citizens.

Mission

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:

Organisation

Philippe Delusinne, CEO RTL Belgium, has been President of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) since 9 June 2009. He was unanimously re-elected for his second presidency term by the ACT College of Members on 9 November 2011. 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.

Members

The ACT has 33 member companies licensed in 36 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), Mediaset Espana (Spain), Mega Channel (Greece), MTG (Sweden), MTV Media (Finland), National TV (Romania), NTV (Turkey), Prisa TV (Spain), ProPlus (Slovenia), ProSiebenSat.1 Group (Germany), RTL Group (Luxembourg), Sanoma (Finland), SKY Deutschland (Germany), SKY Italia (Italy), TF1 (France), Top Channel (Albania), TV Evropa (Bulgaria) TV3 (Ireland), TV4 (Sweden), TVI (Portugal), TVN (Poland), Viacom International Media Networks (UK), VMMa (Belgium).

ACT Events[3]

On 9 November 2011, the 4th Annual ACT Conference under the theme of “Creation, Consumers and Competitiveness” was held in the “Claridge” in Brussels. For the fourth consecutive year, about 300 policy-makers and stakeholders came together to discuss about the commercial broadcasting sector in Europe. .

ACT Publications [4]

ACT Annual Reports:

ACT newsletters:

Other publications:

ACT Reports on Healthy Programming:

National Trade Associations of Commercial Broadcasters

The ACT is working closely with a variety of partner institutions and industry organisations[5] such as:

Useful Links

References

  1. ↑ ACT's Policy & Regulation Issues
  2. ↑ ACT's Member Companies
  3. ↑ ACT events
  4. ↑ Press & Publications
  5. ↑ ACT's Partner Organisations