European works? share of TV broadcasting time now stable at over 60% and over 30% to works by independent European producers, says the European Commission in its seventh progress report on the promotion of European works (2003-2004), issued today. Broadcasters in the new EU Member States show as much European content as those in the EU-15, demonstrating the public popularity of European content and, in some countries, the effectiveness of promotional measures taken in accordance with the EU "Television without Frontiers" Directive. [...]
Average transmission times varied between 52.75% in Ireland and 86.20% in Denmark in 2003 and between 49.12% in the Czech Republic and 86.33% in Denmark in 2004.
