European Producers Must Get Bigger to Compete, Says EU Policy Chief: “We Must Invest in Companies”

European producers no longer competing just with each other but against American studios and streamers, YouTube and social platforms must get new public and private financing to grab audience attention and international revenues, the MIA Market heard Monday. Giuseppe Abbamonte, director for media policy for the European Commission, told the Rome conference the challenge from…

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#How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

#How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

“#How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model” After a wide-ranging 16-month investigation, a congressional subcommittee examining dominance in the technology industry last week recommended more than two dozen updates to the U.S. antitrust system, including implementing nondiscrimination rules that would limit “preferential or discriminatory treatment” by dominant platforms. But such rules…

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