Can a European Streaming Platform foster democracy and a stronger European identity?
To evaluate the benefits of a European streaming platform, we need a clear understanding of Europe’s current media landscape and the quality of content available to EU citizens. This knowledge will help identify how such a platform could fill existing gaps or improve the media ecosystem, ultimately supporting greater media diversity across the EU.
This project aims at offering insights to propose policy options to inform the actions of policy-makers when it comes to improving citizens' access to quality information in their own languages, as well as, more broadly, independent media and media pluralism in Europe and strengthening European public discourse.
Building on the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) study, exploring the technical feasibility of an AI-assisted multilingual European streaming platform, the aim of this research is to examine its feasibility from a legal and economic perspective. In addition, this project will investigate the added-value of such a platform in terms of its potential to enhance the quality and plurality of the media offer as well as exploring its normative added-value in terms of its democracy and European identity enhancing credentials.