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The honourable Member's question covered two areas: firstly cultural diversity, pluralism and independence and secondly achieving a knowledge-based economy.
Cultural diversity is enshrined in Community law, mainly in the Amsterdam Protocol. The second aspect is an innovation-encouraging and technology-welcoming strategy. Both these objectives have a vital role to play in the future EU. Community law does not exclude the possibility of defining new media services as a public service. However, new technologies must be embraced by all actors – both public and private – for a successful information society for all. This means that appropriate public service obligations may be needed and imposed in the environment of these new technologies.
The Commission communication of 2001 on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting confirms that the Member States are responsible for the financing and definition of public service broadcasting. In that communication the Commission does not exclude the possibility that certain on-line activities could be performed as a public service. Thus Member States may take appropriate actions to achieve the objectives mentioned. However, I should like to remind you that other media players – both existing operators and new entrants – have a role to play in contributing to pluralism, cultural diversity, innovation, competitiveness and consumer choice."@en1
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