Press Release: European Charter for Film Online endorsed by major industry players

At the Cannes Film Festival, major representatives of the film and content industry, of Internet service providers and of telecom operators from the EU and the U.S. on 23 May 2006 endorsed the European Film Online Charter that they had jointly developed under the auspices of the European Commission. This Charter – the first of its kind in the world – identified the preconditions for enabling content and infrastructure providers to make film online services a commercial success. The Charter was to serve as reference for future commercial agreements as well as for a broader Content Online policy of the European Commission.