This was the context for EuroCPR 2016, organized and hosted by the Centre for European
Policy Studies in Brussels on 14-15 March 2016. The conference was organized around several
subthemes – perspectives on the distribution infrastructure: deployment and regulation; users
and uses: an active role in making and breaking media policy; media and markets: new
dynamics and changing technology; and getting media regulation right – and attracted wide
variety of papers on many aspects of content creation and distribution in the EU[1].
In keeping with EuroCPR tradition, papers were discussed by academic and industry
experts. The conference was complemented by keynote presentations by Bruno Soria
(NERA) on “A new regulatory framework for the digital ecosystem”, and Alexandre de Streel
(University of Namur) on “Towards a robust regulatory framework for the 21st century
information society”, and an Industry dialogue with Augusto Preta (ITMedia Consulting),
Grégoire Polad (Association of Commercial Television in Europe) and Tobias McKenney
(Google).