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Professor Ib Bondebjerg has published a new article on ‘Transnational Europe: TV-drama, co-production networks and mediated cultural encounters’ in the journal Palgrave Communications. The article, which is available free via open access, comes out of the MeCETES project research into European television: Exploring the structural changes in the production and distribution of European TV-drama since 2000, this article explores the creative potential of European co-production networks to produce popular and often nationally ...

European Screens: An international conference on film, TV drama and the audiovisual industries in Europe September 5-7, 2016 University of York, UK From films like Ida, The Kings Speech and Intouchables to television dramas like The Bridge, Deutschland ’83 and Downton Abbey, there seems to be a new vitality to the European audiovisual industries. Organised by the HERA-funded project ‘Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens’ (MeCETES), this three-day event brings together academics, policymakers and ...

MeCETES and Creative Europe Desk UK present: UK Film Distribution: What’s Changing? A one-day event on the changing nature of UK film distribution 12-5pm, Monday 13 June 2016 Regent Street Cinema, London W1B 2UW Film distribution is changing. The traditional windowing model, whereby films open exclusively in cinemas before they are introduced to the home video market, and thereafter on television, is being undermined by new release strategies.

The latest volume of the Danish cinema journal Kosmorama a features a special issue on Danish TV drama with contributions from the MeCETES Copenhagen team. Eva Novrup Redvall edits the special issue, together with Jakob Ion Wille and Lynge Stegger Gemzøe, while Signe Sophus Lai and Cecilie Astrupgaard contribute an article on Danish audiences. Other contributors include Jakob Isak Nielsen, Anne Marit Waade and Jakob Ion Wille, Iben Albinus Sabroe, Audun Engelstad ...

The MeCETES team met for their annual team meeting on April 7-8 in Pasulo, Italy. This will be their final meeting before the end-of-project conference at the University of York in September, 2016. MeCETES Team Meeting, Pasulo, Italy The two-day workshop gave the Brussels, Copenhagen and York teams the chance to discuss their progress over the last six months, present initial findings and plan forthcoming activities, including the end-of-project conference and ...

Tim Raats in panel on the future of European television production at Oxford Media Convention On Wednesday 2nd of March, Tim Raats joined a panel on the future of original production in the Digital Single Market at the Oxford Media Convention. This conference, hosted by the left-leaning think tank IPPR attracted over 300 professionals. Secretary of State John Whittingdale, Rona Fairhead (chair of the BBC Trust) and Sir David Clementi ...

Registration is now open for the European Screens conference at the University of York, 5-7 September 2016. Following on from our previous successful academic-industry events at the Ostend Film Festival in 2014 and the Danish Film Institute in 2015, the European Screens conference aims to establish a dialogue and exchange ideas on the trends, challenges and ...

On behalf of the MeCETES York team, Roderik Smits will debate the changing nature of the film distribution business at the Film Expo South industry event in Southampton on 4 February 2016. Roderik Smits in conversation with sales agents and distributors at the MeCETES industry event at the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen on 9 September 2015. Roderik will be accompanied by Michael Ryan (GFM Films), Mark Vennis (MovieHouse Pictures) and Steve ...

Cinema focus group participants wanted Receive a £10 gift card for Amazon, M&S, Vue or Picturehouse Cinemas! Researchers at the University of York are keen to talk to people from across the UK about their views on European film*. We are looking to recruit a range of people – including those who rarely or never watch European films – to participate in focus groups in York, Cardiff, Glasgow and London. Focus groups last ...

MeCETES team members Eva Novrup Redvall (University of Copenhagen) and Tim Raats (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) participated in a research seminar hosted by the University of South Wales in Cardiff on November 16, 2015. The ‘Television from Small Nations’ network is a multidisciplinary international research network that addresses specific challenges and opportunities facing broadcasters and producers in small markets.