Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe - ACT

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🚨🚨🚨ACT ELECTS NEW BOARD, HIRES NEW ACTING DIRECTOR🚨🚨🚨 BRUSSELS, 24 JUNE 2024. The Members of the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) elected the new ACT Board following the Association’s annual General Assembly that took place in Brussels on 19 June 2024. ·      Carolina Lorenzon (Mediaset S.p.A.) – Chair of the Board ·      Christophe Roy (CANAL+) ·      Joanna O'Sullivan (ITV plc) ·      Claus Grewenig (RTL Group) ·      J-B Amilhat (Sky plc) ·      Marie Marzin (TF1 Group) ·      Melanie Eve Amilhat (Paramount) ·      Rutger Andrée Wiltens (AMC Networks International) ·      Juan Antonio Orgaz (Atresmedia) ·      Mario Rodríguez Valderas (Mediaset España) In parallel, the ACT announces a new hire. Niklas Lagergren will start as Advisor (acting Director) to the ACT as of September 2. In this capacity Mr Lagergren will take the lead of the ACT’s Task Force II that focuses on Intellectual Property and Competition policies. Following the results of the General Assembly and the appointment of Mr Lagergren, Grégoire Polad di Spadoni, ACT Director General, stated: “ACT is in a great position to kick off the new EU political mandate. The new Board comprises some of the most senior policy experts in the audiovisual industry across Europe. The appointment of Niklas to lead our IP and COMP Task Force is also a fantastic complement to an already high performing team. No doubt, ACT will continue to excel as the voice for commercial TV and VoD in Brussels”. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eJitgHXA

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Delighted to have participated in the ERA Media Law Conference this year to discuss the future of #politicaladvertising, #disinformation and #electionintegrity. The engaging discussions on recent EU laws impacting the media and AVMS sectors, such as European Media Freedom Act (#EMFA), #DSA and Regulation on political advertising were truly insightful. Many thanks to the Academy of European Law ERA for organizing this relevant event ahead of the elections. Thanks also to the other panelists: Lubos Kuklis, Cecilia Zappalà, Florence Hartmann-Vareilles, Giovanni De Gregorio https://lnkd.in/eub3Xgpk

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