EuroparlTV
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 Main page in English as of 17 September 2008 |
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| URL | www.europarltv.europa.eu |
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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Online broadcasting of the European Parliament's activities |
| Launched | 17 September 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
europarltv is the official online platform for webcasting from the European Parliament. The service includes live streaming of parliamentary sessions and committee meetings, archived content, debate programmes and educational videos. Subtitles and voice-overs in the 22 official languages of the European Union (EU) are available for most of the content. It was launched 17 September 2008. The parliament has awarded the development of the channel to two separate private contractors. The content is produced by Mostra ([1]), a Brussels based communication agency. The technical platform (website, hosting and streaming) is managed by a broadcasting and communications company headquartered in Plymouth, Twofour. The channel is funded via the Parliament's budget.
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[edit] Format
The content of europarltv is divided into four 'channels';
- Your Parliament
- Your Voice
- Young Europe
- Parliament Live
The videos are in both Adobe Flash- and Windows Media Player proprietary format.
[edit] History
The European Parliament decided to use external resources to create the service. It organised an external tender to identify two companies, one to set up the web platform and organise the hosting of the service, the other to create material.
The parliament signed contracts in December 2006 and July 2007 with, respectively, Twofour, a UK-based company for the platform, and Mostra, a Brussels-based company for the content.
A prototype of europarltv was unveiled in November 2007.[1]
[edit] See also
- Europe by Satellite, equivalent service for the European Commission
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Homepage of europarltv (multilangual, requires Javascript) or english version
- Official launch document
- Feedback from EU citizens regarding the prototype of europarltv
- EU parliament TV channel set to go online - TheParliament.com
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