AFDESI Expands its Scope to the UK, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany
AFDESI, which was launched in 2000 as a professional body for the
French interactive TV industry, is expanding its scope to additionally
represent the ITV industries of the UK, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and
Germany. While the organization will continue to be called AFDESI
(which originally stood for the Association of French Developers and
Editors of Interactive Services), that acronym will now stand for the
Association for the Development of Enhanced TV Services and
Interactivity. AFDESI says that the goal of the expansion of its
mandate is to “create a strong, independent professional association in
each territory that can act together, collaboratively when necessary, to
provide a clear voice for the interactive television industry within the
EU as well as internationally.” Its stated objectives include “gathering
and disseminating information and enabling dissemination of
knowledge and sharing experiences, methods, business models and
other aspects” of the ITV industry; formulating industry consensus on
issues, and then representing the industry before regulators and
legislative bodies; and identifying and publicizing the availability of
EU funding and grants that are applicable to ITV projects.
