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Trade associations, bodies and industry groups
Association of Commercial Television (ACT)
http://www.acte.be
The ATC represents the interests of commercial television at the EU Institutions,
and promotes co-operation between members and with companies active in
the field of communication in Europe. Membership of the ACT is open to
all private broadcasting companies in Europe that approve ACT's statutes
of association.
Association of European Radios (AER)
http://www.aereurope.org
The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing
the interests of approximately 4,500 private/commercial radios stations
in ten EU Member States and Switzerland.
British Internet Publishers Alliance (BIPA)
http://www.bipa.co.uk
The British Internet Publishers’ Alliance (BIPA) promotes the growth
and development of new Internet services in a way which permits a wide
diversity of entrants to the market, on a free and fair competitive basis.
BIPA comprises a number of substantial publishers and commercial broadcasters.
Business Marketing Association (BMA)
http://www.marketing.org
Not-for-profit international organisation which serves the professional,
educational and career development needs of business-to-business marketers
and their partner suppliers.
CommerceNet
http://www.commerce.net
US based industry consortium with European partners dedicated to accelerating
the growth of e-commerce by jointly developing and implementing new technologies
and business practices.
The Direct Marketing Association (UK)
http://www.the-dma.org
The DMA is dedicated solely to the evolution of direct, database, and
interactive global marketing, and is the oldest and largest organisation
of its kind. It includes 4,700 member companies from the US and 53 foreign
nations on six continents.
European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA)
http://www.easa-alliance.org
The European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) is a non-profit organisation
which brings together national advertising self-regulatory organisations
(‘SROs’) and organisations representing the advertising industry
in Europe. The Alliance is, on behalf of the advertising industry, the
single authoritative voice on advertising self-regulation issues.
European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA)
http://www.eaca.be
The European Association of Communications Agencies is the sole central
representative for the European agency industries. The association has
complete coverage of all the leading International Agencies active in
Europe, with all EU member states represented by National Agency Associations
and with a vast majority of Media Specialist agencies as (relatively new)
members.
European Association of Directory and Database Publishers (EADP)
http://www.eadp.org
Founded in 1966, the European Association of Directory Publishers (EADP)
owes its existence to the aspirations of European publishers who anticipated
the importance of intra-European contact and co-operation. Meanwhile,
it has become the nerve centre for year-round contact and the key representative
for the industry. It is the only international association in Europe to
speak for the sector as a whole.
European Federation of Magazine Publishers (FAEP)
http://www.faep.org
FAEP (Fédération des Associations d'Éditeurs de Périodiques
de la CE) represents the interests of the national associations of magazine
and periodical publishers, as well as corporate members in Europe, to
promote and protect the interests of magazine publishers within the European
Union. FAEP's mission is to ensure the long-term survival and prosperity
of a diverse and economically successful magazine publishing industry
within the EU.
European Group of Television Advertising (EGTA)
http://www.egta.com
The EGTA (European Group of Television Advertising) is a trade association
based in Brussels. It gathers 39 sales houses and/or commercial departments
which, on behalf of over 85 television channels spread across 26 European
countries (+ Korea), collect well over 15 billion Euro, thus representing
more than 60% of all TV advertising investment in Europe. Through the
years (we will celebrate our 30th anniversary in 2004), the EGTA has clearly
become the reference centre for advertising in Europe.
European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA)
http://www.enpa.be
The ENPA represents the national publishing associations at European Level.
ENPA works towards ensuring a sympathetic European legislative and economic
environment, as these are indispensable conditions for the development
of an independent newspaper industry.
Federation of European Direct Marketing Associations (FEDMA)
http://www.fedma.org
FEDMA is the single voice of the European direct marketing industry. Its
national members are direct marketing associations (DMAs) representing
users, service providers and media/carriers of direct marketing. FEDMA
also has more than 350 direct company members.
Federation of European Publishers (FEP)
http://www.fep-fee.be
The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) is an independent, non commercial
umbrella association of book publishers associations in states of the
European Union. It first saw the light of day - under a different name
- on 19th January 1967.
Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB)
http://www.iabeurope.ws
The pan-European body that represents Europe’s interactive media
industry. Established in 1997 with extensive operation and teams in 12
European countries, the IAB’s activities are structured around five
key programmes of research, marketing standards, public affair and training.
World Federation of Advertisers (WFA)
http://www.wfanet.org
The mission of the World Federation of Advertisers is to create an environment
of free and legitimate commercial communication guided by responsible
self-regulation and which stimulates maximum effectiveness of ad spend
and favours commercial transparency with communication agencies and consultancies.
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