Answer from the European Union Broadcasting Corportation concerning RTD's proposals
- Proposal 1 - European Public Owned Broadcaster Content Library
The European Union Broadcasting Corporation, after analyzing and debating the proposal made by the United Duchies' broadcaster, RTC, has decided to REJECT the proposal.
The EUBC finds this proposal illogical. Firstly, duplication of productions is not an issue that the European Union Broadcasting Corporation shall address, as it believes its shareholders are entitled to come up with as many productions as they wish, no matter how similar their content is compared to productions made elsewhere.
Secondly, the European Union broadcasters benefit from the distribution of their content to other nations, either by the profit got from the sales of their content to other television channels, or by the number of views and likes certain clips get on the Internet. A European public-owned Broadcaster Content Library is also unnecessary, as the EUBC webpage contains links to the webpages of every shareholder. From their own webpage, Europeans can easily access the content of the shareholder.
Thirdly, the revenue is seen as a major loss compared to the profit achieved individually. A 1% of revenue for the programme and its productors may not be enough for many broadcasters, that could get more revenue by not taking part in this programme, which automatically would turn it into a waste of funds.
The explanation made by the RTD is also confusing and does not allow the EUBC to fully understand the proposal either. We do not encourage the Duchian broadcaster to register this proposal again, as it has been rejected twice. However, if registered again, we hope to find a better explanation of it, and it will be answered in due time.
- Proposal 2 - Proposal on Two Date Ranges for Eurovoice
The European Union Broadcasting Corporation, after analyzing and debating the proposal made by the United Duchies' broadcaster, RTC, has decided to REJECT the proposal.
The theme of the EuroVoice edition is solely up to the host, in coordination with the EUBC, that shall only be informed.
Francisco Karlikos
EUBC Chief Executive Supervisor
Paloma Faith
EUBC Deputy Chief Executive Supervisor