5. EUROPEAN TELEVISION DIALOGUE

The 5. EUROPEAN TELEVISION DIALOGUE took place on 22nd November 2007 in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier held the opening speech at Europe's most important East-West media conference.

Berlin-Brandenburg's role as a leading media location in Germany has been assured by Dr. Steinmeier's promise that future meetings of the EUROPEAN TELEVISION DIALOGUE can take place in the Foreign Office. Chairman of the conference was Reinhard Klimmt, former Prime Minister of the Saarland and German Minister of transport, building and housing. This year's conference in Berlin had its main focus on the dialogue between leading personalities and decision makers from the media industry in Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Western Europe.

In his keynote speech "Visions of the European Television" Wolfgang Clement, former Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and former German Minister of Economics & Labour, analyzed the European media landscape focusing especially on Eastern Europe. He outlined his vision of a Pan-European television channel which covers all aspects of life in Europe.

EU accession - the changing media landscapes of Bulgaria and Romania
IPTV in Central and Eastern Europe
Media co-operations between Russia and Western Europe
Poland in German and Germany in Polish media

More than 250 participants from the media industry made the most of the opportunity to exchange information and their experiences during the EUROPEAN TELEVISION DIALOGUE.

Words of Welcome Alexander van Dülmen CEO A Company Consulting & Licensing AG
Reinhard Klimmt Chairman European Television Dialogue
Prof. Dr. Dieter Puchta CEO IBB
Keynote German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Unabridged Keynote as mp3 stream (14 MB)
Panel I "EU-accession – the changing media landscapes of Bulgaria and Romania" Host: Dr. Franz Stark TV-Journalist and Expert for the Balcan region >>> more fotos of Panel I
Panel II "IPTV in Central and Eastern Europe" Host: Alexander van Dülmen CEO A Company AG, Germany >>> more fotos of Panel II
Keynote "Visions of European Television" Wolfgang Clement Former State Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia and former “Superminister” Unabridged Keynote as mp3 stream (24 MB)
Panel III "Media investments between Russia and Western Europe" Host: Miodrag Soric Head of the Central and Eastern European Editorial Department, Deutsche Welle >>> more fotos of Panel III
Panel IV "Poland in German and Germany in Polish media" Host: Grazyna Torbicka TV-Journalist and Film Expert, TVP, Poland >>> more fotos of Panel IV

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