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EU lawmakers to tackle media concentration, funding

"For a long time, Europe has seen the media strictly in competition terms: balances, imbalances, concentration," said Cavada, a former journalist and director of several French radio and TV stations. "A first error to avoid from an industrial point of view is to focus all our attention on the channels - on free access or widening - without worrying about what will be placed inside those channels," Cavada said, citing European film production as an example. The EU should pay more attention to the content placed in the media and take into account concentration issues and financial support for filmmakers, argues French MEP Jean-Marie Cavada. The chair of the European Parliament's newly-established media intergroup spoke to EurActiv in an exclusive interview. External Links:  Jean-Marie Cavada's website: Jean-Marie Cavada présidera l?intergroupe Media au Parlement européen

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