Under the authority of the Head of Department for Information on Markets and Financing of the European Audiovisual Observatory, the incumbent will provide scientific assistance and support to projects related to the observation and analysis of the film industry, in compliance with guidelines and priorities, and with a concern for quality, efficiency and accuracy.

2011 was a year of stabilisation at the European box office as the marked upward trend of GBO of the past two years slowed down significantly, resulting nevertheless in an overall year-on-year increase. Based on provisional data the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that EU gross box office returns increased marginally by 0.7% from EUR 6.37 billion to EUR 6.4 billion, still the highest level on record. Cinema attendance remained stable with an estimated 962 million tickets sold.

De Europese Commissie heeft in het kader van het Lifelong Learning programma een onderzoek laten uitvoeren naar het potentieel van ondertiteling om de beheersing van talen te verbeteren.

BRUSSEL – Vooral dankzij hogere entreeprijzen is de opbrengst van het bioscoopbezoek in de Europese Unie vorig jaar naar recordhoogte gestegen, want het aantal bezoekers daalde licht. Filmbezoekers telden in totaal bijna 6,45 miljard euro neer voor hun tickets, blijkt uit voorlopige cijfers die de Europese instelling European Audiovisual Observatory maandag bekend heeft gemaakt. Het aantal verkochte kaartjes daalde met 1,6 procent naar 967 miljoen. In Nederland was er wel een stijging van 27,3 naar 28,2 miljoen bezoekers, die in totaal 219,3 miljoen euro betaalden (201,1 miljoen in 2009).

The number of spectators in all of Europe’s cinemas continues to grow, from Portugal to Russia: in 2009 there were 1,179.3 million, rising to 1,184.6 million, with a 0.4% increase in 2010. These are the figures announced by MEDIA Salles in the traditional appointment at the Berlinale. If Europe as a whole is characterized by a positive trend, the analysis of individual markets, presented by Elisabetta Brunella, Secretary General of MEDIA Salles, reveals contradictory results. The 18 countries of Western Europe totalled 897.2 million spectators with a 2.6% decrease compared to 2009, when 921.2 million tickets were sold. Instead, Central-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean Rim, comprising 15 countries, recorded considerable growth: 11.4. From 258.1 million, tickets sold rose to 287.4 million.