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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would, of course, first of all like to congratulate Mrs Thors on her report, which she had to complete in a very short space of time and which looks excellent. Ladies and gentlemen, digital TV will be one of the key access roads leading towards the digital highway and will help in the distribution of high-capacity networks throughout Europe, including the more remote areas. As such, this means of communication will grant many more Europeans access to all kinds of information. It is therefore of utmost importance that a favourable investment climate be created for digital television within Europe.
After all, we are at the dawn of a new era. Traditional boundaries between telecom companies, entertainment industry and journalistic media are becoming increasingly blurred. These industries are being replaced by multinational cable media giants which are created by mergers. This is a pattern which is emerging throughout the industry. Infrastructure and content industry are coming together. This means that two aspects should be monitored effectively.
Firstly, we should look out for unwanted media concentrations, because otherwise consumer prices will as yet spiral out of control. Moreover, we must guarantee – and this is directly linked to this – journalistic neutrality, which is so important to our democracy.
In this respect, technological developments naturally affect the legislative framework and
. Legislation should not hinder the interoperability of different technologies and should, therefore, be laid down at European level, as a minimum, and preferably worldwide. We have noticed that in many Member States, media policy, in particular, is still all too often being adopted at national level.
My final point, Mr President, concerns the transmission rights which are currently still being sold purely on a national basis. As a result of this, people outside a certain country cannot subscribe to television services from another Member State, whether this relates to free or pay-TV programmes. This is an unwanted development. It should be possible for all citizens to subscribe to television services from another Member State. This means digital television but also television without frontiers."@en1
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