- EuroparlTV
Infobox Website
name = EuroparlTV
collapsible = no
caption = Main page in English as of 17 September 2008
url = [http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/ www.europarltv.europa.eu]
commercial = No
type = Online broadcasting of theEuropean Parliament 's activities
registration =
owner =
author =
launch date = 17 September 2008
current status = Active
revenue =EuroparlTV is the official online platform for webcasting from the
European Parliament . The service includes live streaming of parliamentary sessions and committee meetings, archived content, debate programmes and educational videos. Subtitles and voice-overs in the 22 official languages of theEuropean Union (EU) are available for most of the content. It was launched 17 September 2008. The parliament has awarded the development of the channel to two separate private contractors. The content is produced by Mostra, a Brussels based communication agency. The technical platform (website, hosting and streaming) is managed by a broadcasting and communications company headquartered inPlymouth ,Twofour . The channel is funded via the Parliament's budget.Format
The content of EuroparlTV is divided into four 'channels';
*Your Parliament
*Your Voice
*Young Europe
*Parliament LiveThe videos are in both
Adobe Flash - andWindows Media Player format.History
The European Parliament decided to use external resources to create the service. It organised an external tender to identify two companies, one to set up the web platform and organise the hosting of the service, the other to create material.
The parliament signed contracts in December 2006 and July 2007 with, respectively,
Twofour , a UK-based company for the platform, and Mostra, a Brussels-based company for the content.A prototype of EuroparlTV was unveiled in November 2007. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/background/20080901BKG35904/20080901BKG35904_en.pdf]
ee also
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Europe by Satellite , equivalent service for theEuropean Commission References
External links
* [http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/StartPage.aspx Homepage of EuroparlTV]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/background/20080901BKG35904/20080901BKG35904_en.pdf Official launch document]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/report_focus_groupsand_annex_/REPORT_FOCUS_GROUPSand_ANNEX_en.pdf Feedback from EU citizens regarding the prototype of europarltv]
* [http://www.theparliament.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/eu-parliament-tv-channel-set-to-go-online/ EU parliament TV channel set to go online] - TheParliament.com
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