The largest summit for European public service media took place in Lucerne, Switzerland, 19-23 April. Due to travel chaos caused by the volcanic ash cloud, the TV Summit was shorted by 2 days. 

The fourth Summit nevertheless provided unique opportunities for networking through its inspiring, informative expert and programme meetings and conferences on the latest trends, new projects, opportunities and issues in public service media. 

On Thursday, the Common Focus day, the opening keynote speech was delivered by the EBU’s new Director General, Ingrid Deltenre. She highlighted the need for public service media to invest in quality, innovate and develop a dialogue with the audience. She assured Members that the EBU is committed to helping them “make the good popular and the popular good” . 

Click here for full text of Ingrid Deltenre's speech.

Eurovision TV Summit Meetings and Conferences

Conferences and Awards: Common Focus Day, EBUconnect & “EBUconnect Awards”, Eurovision Creative Forum & ”7 Best Formats Award Ceremony”, TEDxTransmedia

Eurovision Experts screenings: Children’s Drama and Documentary Series and City Folk

Eurovision Experts meetings: Science & Education, Fiction, Music & Dance, Entertainment, Children & Youth, Intercultural & Diversity, iTV Crossmedia & Mobile Content, Teletext & Subtitling  

Management meeting: EBU TV Assembly

Highlight of the Summit: Common Focus Day 

The main feature of the Summit was the Common Focus Day on 21 April.  Delegates gathered for a world-class conference  with keynote speeches from the “movers and shakers” of the media world. Programme

The Proud2Present session during the day provided a fabulous presentation of clips from the best public service programmes in the various television genres from 2009.

Jörgen Franck at this year's Common Focus Day   

The theme of the day was e-Motion.  Presentations during the day dealt with emotion in programming, reality TV and the latest technology and trends. 

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