Research tool: EU media policies inventory

During the build-up of the European Digital Agenda, we want to spread the word about a research tool with special relevance for media.



The role of media is crucial in the information society or knowledge society, spanning most policy areas. Thus, at EU level so many of the Commission services (DGs) are engaged in policies affecting the media and so many policy initiatives are ongoing that it would be hard work to gain an overview without the help of the interdisciplinary Media Task Force.

The Commission’s Media Task Force publishes a synthetic compilation of the active dossiers in the various Commission services:



Inventory of measures affecting the media (December 2009; 46 pages)


The initiatives have been grouped according to the following policy headings:


1. Audiovisual and media policies
2. Communications policy
3. i2010
4. Research
5. Other policy files with potential media impact
6. Reference – Lisbon strategy, impact assessment


The updated inventory is a valuable tool for further research into specific policy areas and individual proposals.




Ralf Grahn



P.S. Jason O’Mahony is a European blogger from Ireland, combining the universal gospel of humour with irreverent observations on politics Irish and European. His blog is listed among the nearly 500 great euroblogs on multilingual Bloggingportal.eu, a useful one-stop-shop for fact, opinion and gossip on European affairs, i.a. politics, policies, economics, finance and law.

EU media measures & consultation

The Commission’s Media Task Force has compiled an Inventory of measures affecting the media, covering the following policy areas:



1) Audiovisual and media policies
2) Communications policy
3) i2010
4) Research
5) Other policy files with potential media impact
6) Commissioner’s groups
7) Reference – Lisbon strategy, impact assessment

Policies affecting the media are spread over fifteen Directorates-General and Services, which makes the Inventory a valuable tool for everyone interested in EU level developments. The Inventory is updated until January 2009.


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SME consultation

The European Commission’s (DG INFSO) Media Task Force has launched an online consultation "European publishing small and medium-sized enterprises in the digital era: technological and business innovation ", in order to carry out a thorough investigation of the current state of publishing SMEs, in particular the obstacles they face and future development possibilities.

This questionnaire is aimed at SMEs in the field of publishing: books, newspapers and magazines.





Ralf Grahn
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