Bulgaria

[BG] Report on the share of European productions for 2013

IRIS 2015-5:1/8

Rayna Nikolova

New Bulgarian University

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has issued a Report on the share of European productions for 2013 concerning the application of Article 13, Article 16 and Article 17 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and of the Article 19, paragraph 2 to 4 and Article 19а of the Radio and Television Act.

The providers of linear media services with national coverage for the year 2013 constitute a total of 57, 38 of which have provided data: more than half of the programmes - 36 programmes - have met the quota of 50% for the share of European productions in broadcasting time. The quota for independent producers has also been met (14.72 %).

The providers of non-linear media services, which have provided on-demand services for the year 2013, constitute a total of 15; four of these have informed CEM that they do not perform such services. High percentages of European productions have been recorded in the catalogue content, as well as a high level of demand for such productions, with the single exception being “Global Communication Net” AD, with under 50%.

Data about linear media services for the year 2013 was given by 38 providers, two less than the preceding year 2012, when 40 providers have given data. Data about non-linear media services for the year 2013 was provided by 5 providers, marking no change from the preceding year.

The received data shows that the number of providers of linear media services which provided data for CEM is more or less the same as in the preceding year of 2012 and that the trend for the implementation of European productions and independent producers continues.