Total identified: 112
Covered (IND 1): 65 (2005); 85 (2006)
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2005/2006
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The public broadcasters collect the data on their channels on the basis of total programming (excluding the exempted categories like news, sport, etc.). The data are supplied to the Media Authority (“Commissariaat voor de Media”).
The commercial broadcasting channels with cable coverage of more than 75% reported to the Media Authority on the basis of a random sample from the periods indicated by the Media Authority. The periods were 26 February to 4 March 2005, 23 to 29 April 2005, 3 to 9 September 2005, 10 to 16 December 2005, 25 to 31 March 2006, 20 to 26 May 2006, 9 to 15 September 2006 and 18 to 24 November 2006. The broadcasters reported on all programmes in those weeks. They had to state, for each programme item, inter alia whether it counts towards the eligible transmission time, whether it is a European work, whether it is an independent work and the year in which it was produced. All broadcasters have to fill in a form drawn up by the Media Authority. On the basis of the submissions, the different percentages are then calculated.
The small commercial channels were allowed simply to provide a statement of the percentages of European, independent and recent productions which they had broadcast. The statistical overview does not include local commercial channels which can be received in only one municipality or in a limited number of neighbouring municipalities, because the European quotas do not apply to small commercial channels.
The Media Authority submitted the statistical overview to the independent television producers who possess data on (European) independent works broadcast by the public channels and the large commercial channels (in this case RTL 4, RTL 5 and RTL 7, which do not fall under Dutch jurisdiction, and SBS 6, Net 5, Veronica and Talpa). These data for 2005 tally with the data collected by the Media Authority. The independent television producers have not yet been able to provide the Media Authority with the figures for 2006.
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