Kids and Online Platforms
Throughout the work done on the main FAANGS talks, there have been several intersections between the Kids community and the online platforms. Therefore, the EBU Kids and Young Audiences team and the Digital team saw the need to create a dedicated sub-group to manage this intersection. The focus is on the partnerships and distribution aspect of these platforms, noting that there is already a Social Media Group looking after content strategies.
The key outcome of the community will be to exchange knowledge, best practice, raise issues and incidents, and tackle challenges together.
To join this community please contact Grace Zakka or you can request to join the Microsoft Team for this community.
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EBU/Google Content Digitization Proposal 2021 (Summary)
In early 2020, the EBU Digital team were approached by Google regarding a content digitization facility in Munich, Germany that is the central location for digitizing content (archival tapes) for partners.
Google inquired if the EBU Member community would be interested to take advantage of this facility to digitize their content free of charge*. Google offers this to partners (in this case EBU Members) who are not able to carry out their own digitization efforts locally – either Members do not have the capability, the manhours, the budget, or simply have a very large volume of archive content and will need help in managing the workload.
Throughout 2020, the EBU Digital Team and the Google team worked together to understand and agree on the parameters of this offer, what requirements would be expected of Members, and what the involvement of the EBU would be moving forward.
The teams also formalized this offer through a contractual agreement that has been signed by both parties, it can be used by interested Members as it is, or can be a basis for Members to work on their own custom agreement with Google. The agreement is available upon request for those Members that are interested. More details on the process proposed by Google are also available.
EBU Digital: Wrapping up 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021
As we in the Digital Unit look to close up 2020 and reflect on some things that had a major impact, we asked some of our Members to reflect on what surprised them in 2020 and what they're looking forward to in 2021. You can read here about EBU Member thoughts and reflections on transformation, audiences, online platforms, diversity & inclusion, and most important the strength of PSM.
EBU Kids and Google Play Store Survey Report
Recently some EBU Members have voiced concerns over their kids/family applications being rejected from the Google Play store for various reasons. To understand if this is a wider issue, the EBU Media Digital team along with the Kids and Young Audiences team surveyed more Members. This document serves as a roadmap to tackle the issues raised by EBU Members.
EBU Kids and FAANGS Survey
The EBU Young Audiences and Digital teams collected various Members strategic priorities on FAANGS, specifically for the Kids/Youth brands. The survey serves to inform Members about how FAANGS are perceived throughout the network, as well as guide the EBU on how to better service Members on this topic. The data was collected over the summer of 2019 and the report was published in October 2019.
Rights in the New International Fiction Landscape
With the ever-changing non-linear landscape, how can we compete with the big players when it comes to our Members online players? What are some best practices from around the network?
BBC, SVT, and NRK share their cases on how they prioritized their players for the new landscape, as well as sharp shorts from many more Members in the network.
