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24/09/2025

🍿 Ever wondered how many people saw your favorite film at the cinema?
Not just in your country… but all across Europe? 🌍

With the LUMIERE European Cinema Database, you can:
✨ Discover cinema admissions for every film released in Europe since 1996
✨ Compare across countries
✨ Look up classics like Wings of Desire, Cinema Paradiso, Amélie… and many more!

And the best part: it’s totally free to use 👉 https://lumiere.obs.coe.int/

So tell us 👇
Which film would you look up first? 🎥

17/09/2025

💡 Did you get our FOCUS 2025 report?

You can still read about the global cinema trends by ordering the report here 👉https://go.coe.int/N4Yjf

📊 Inside you’ll find a unique snapshot of the film industry with:
📽️ Gross box office
📽️ Admissions data
📽️ Market share for national films
📽️ Number of screens per country
📽️ Most-watched films in each country in 2024.

Buy the pdf version for only €33 and the paper copy for €66

👉 Order your copy online today and stay up to date with the world film market trends!

FOCUS 2025 is prepared in partnership with Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes

16/09/2025

🌟 Women in Film: The Numbers Are Changing! 🌟 Ever wondered how many women are shaping the film industry in Europe? Are they behind the camera directing, editing, producing… or all of the above? 🎬✨

Our brand-new FREE report is here with the latest insights.

📊 Women now make up 27% of the European film workforce (up from 24% in 2023!)
💡 The trend is growing — could we even reach parity by 2047?

👩‍💻 Our analyst Dr. Agnes Schneeberger breaks down the data and shows where progress is strongest.

👉 Get the full report here: https://go.coe.int/JYOT2

Let’s keep the conversation going — where do you think women will have the biggest impact in film in the years ahead? 💬

15/09/2025

Our MAVISE database has just been updated - https://mavise.obs.coe.int/

📺🎬 Did you know?
The vast majority of audiovisual services for European audiences are based in Europe 🌍✨
✅ 98% of TV services
✅ 99% of VOD & video-sharing platforms
…targeting Europe are established within its borders 🌍

Updated information on audiovisual services, their jurisdiction and ownership in Europe just published in MAVISE!

09/09/2025

Needing key insights about the and industries in Europe?

Take a tour of this free VOD dashboard from the European Audiovisual Observatory | Observatoire européen de l'audiovisuel which you can download as an EXCEL table on this page:
https://www.obs.coe.int/en/web/observatoire/vod-dashboard?p_l_back_url=
We've crunched the numbers for you so you get easy access to data on:

▶️ VOD in the European Audiovisual Market
▶️ VOD Markets in Europe
▶️ VOD Service Distribution
▶️ VOD Content Production
▶️VOD Content Aggregation
▶️SVOD Content Consumption

All in the form of free data tables.

Hats off to our Analyst Christian Grece for this great new tool!

08/09/2025

🎬 Tomorrow, Martin Kanzler, our Deputy Head of Department for Market Information, will be speaking at the “Reimagine Distribution” conference, organised by Creative Europe Desk Poland (Program Kreatywna Europa)

📅 9 September 2025
⏰ 11:15 – 12:00 (CET)
📍 online

Martin will share insights on Key Trends and Changes in European film markets.

✅ Participation is free, but registration is required.
👉 More information about the event: https://go.coe.int/QRwom

04/09/2025

💡New insights 💡 for you on how European countries are promoting their films and series thanks to national law! And we have a new free database - OPUS - which lets you compare and contrast different national strategies. Try OPUS here: https://opus.obs.coe.int/
We're talking about the transposition of the hashtag articles which contain concrete measures for boosting audiovisual content:
▶️ At least 30% of European works in catalogues
▶️ Prominence of European works
▶️ Obligatory financial contributions from domestic/targeting services
▶️ Majority proportion of transmission times for European works
▶️ A minimum of 10% of tranmission time or budget for recent European independent works

How are these rules applied in each European country? Take a tour in OPUS and find out!
Justine Radel-Cormann manages OPUS.
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03/09/2025

📢 A REMINDER OF OUR NEW REPORT 📢 on animation movies in our cinemas! Download it free here: https://go.coe.int/tGbws Our author Nicolas Edmery is looking at the role of co-productions for animation Made in Europe!
Get the full story in this new free report!
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02/09/2025

⭐ Our July/August Wrap Up Newsletter is out! ⭐
http://bit.ly/4mU4p5G

▶️ Discover our upcoming autumn 2025 collection of new reports
▶️ Read our latest market and legal publications
▶️ Apply now for our Temporary Junior Project Officer vacancy (Deadline: 16 September)

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28/08/2025

🍂 What new reports to expect from us this autumn?🍂
https://go.coe.int/HNHC5

Here is our 2025 autumn collection of free reports on the film, television and VOD sectors in Europe.

Some of the titles to look forward to:
📚 Investment of audiovisual services in European original content
📚 Gender inequality in film production
📚 TV/SVOD fiction production in Europe
📚 The status of artists (social rights and circulation)
📚 Legal developments in South-Eastern Europe
📚 Illegal content online and disinformation

And many more...

Watch this space for alerts on each new publication!

24/07/2025

📢 NEW REPORT 📢 on animation movies in our cinemas! Download it free here: https://go.coe.int/tGbws Our analyst and author Nicolas Edmery announces that, for the first time, cinema ticket sales to animation movies actually climbed back to their pre-pandemic level in 2024!
How did that happen? What films were driving the hike?
Get the full story in this new free report!
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22/07/2025

📢New REPORT📢 on public service media! Free to download here: https://go.coe.int/Gom9S Public service media (PSM) play a real role in supporting democracy in Europe. But how are they funded? And how is independence of their governance ensured? And what's the role of the new in these processes? Authors Olivier Hermanns and Amélie Lacourt are exploring the safeguards in place, with a useful country-by-country data table. Get the full story by downloading our new report!
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Our Department for Legal Information also includes Maja Cappello, Sophie Valais, Eric Munch and Justine Radel-Cormann.

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