INTERVIEW WITH BORIS BERGANT, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION (EBU) : "A PAN-EUROPEAN APPROACH WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY NECESSARY".(Interview)

Tech Europe, March, 2007

Boris Bergant is advisor to the Director-General for International Relations and Projects at Radio-TV Slovenia. He is also Vice-President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), a professional association with 74 members active in 55 European countries. During a recent conference attended by public radio broadcasters and members of the European Parliament, organised by the EBU on 22-23 February, Bergant took time to explain to Europolitics his association's plans to promote the EP's activities on public television.

What can public television do to improve coverage of parliamentary activities?

We are at a crossroads in the development of electronic media. On one hand, there is the political transition of the new member states, and on the other, the...

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