From global to local, form local to Europe

Globalisation, which affects all sectors, from the economic to the social and the political, involves both information in general and the media. As the vital counterweight, the more localised media is also developing, and in wich television plays a fundamental purpose. Television stations in large cities have been confirmed as especially well-placed since they appaeared. But, in addition to their rôle as the leading local news-provider, the have also become the medium through wich to analyse world news.

At the European level, they guarantee local diversity and the indispensable means to understand the implications of decisions made in Europe in a meaningful way. Within the European context, and with orther European cities nearby, people want to know, to discover and understand their fellow citizens, intersted in sharing certain common values and dealing with the differences.

EAC-TV - European Association of City Television

Created in Brussels on April 19th 2002, the European Association of City Televisions assembles television channels from large European cities, public or private, broadcasting on land, cable or satellite, with a significant potential audience in thei city and their surroundings.The members of EAC-TV are local channels aimed at public participation, the schedule of wich includes a signficant proportion on in-house productions.

The major objectives of EAC-TV are the exchange of professional experiences, the exchange of pictures, the sharing of technical information and disucssion on the challenges affecting the audiovisual field, and the coordonation of projects in common. In addition, they work towards iniatives gaining access to EU funding for projetcs in the field of cultural environment and that of new technologies.

To translate the idea of Europe at the city level is at the aim of the network.