Social dialogue in the audiovisual sector covers activities related to NACE (Rev.2) codes 59 and 60, which are:
- Motion picture, video and television programme activities,
- Sound recording and music publishing activities,
- Radio broadcasting,
- Television programming and broadcasting activities.
The sectoral social dialogue committee has been created in 2004. In the EU, the audiovisual sector employs around 580.000 people in about 170.000 companies (Eurofound representativeness study for the Audiovisual sector, 2021).
The sector faces the following main challenge:
- digitalisation, other technological developments, regulatory changes and the emergence of new business models,
- impact of unauthorised file sharing / copyright breaches,
- organizing performers,
- the attractivity of the sector and skills, lifelong learning and education.
Workers' representatives
- International Federation of Musicians (FIM)
- International Federation of Actors (FIA)
- UNI-Europa Media - Entertainment & Arts (EURO-MEI)
- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
Employers' representatives
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- European Coordination of Independent Producers (CEPI)
- Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
- Association of European Radios (AER)
- International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF)
Key areas
The current work programme focuses on:
- training and skills
- equal opportunities and diversity
- health and safety
- digital transformation, anti-piracy, sustainability
Activities and meetings
Check the library entries for this sectoral dialogue committee.
Joint texts
Check the social dialogue texts database.