Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
EU Transparency Register
288009010205-61 First registered on 13 Dec 2012
Goals / Remit
WBD is broadcaster, producer and on-demand streamer of high-quality audiovisual content (film and television). As we were recently formed via a merger of Warner Media and Discovery, we currently have EU headquarters in the Netherlands, Sweden and Czech Republic for different parts of the business, and other significant places of business in Munich, Paris, Warsaw, Milan, Madrid and Copenhagen.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Services Act
Digital Market Act
AVMS Directive
Media Freedom
Copyright Directive
Data Protection
Competition Policy
Sports PolicyAddress
Head Office
Kraanspoor 20,
Amsterdam 1033SE
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Kraanspoor 20
Amsterdam 1033 - 1033
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 2 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Feb 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Michael KOLZ 22 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 Mr ross biggam 20 Apr 2016 18 Nov 2016 Complementary Information
The persons responsible for the organisation works with individuals within the business on key issues. These can be full time legal specialists, communications specialists or business operational specialists
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
European Group of Television Advertising (EGTA)
European Coalition of Video on Demand
Motion Picture Association (MPA)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
Please note that as a newly-merged entity we do not yet have current full-year consolidated accounts. Nor are the budgets from our legacy businesses yet fully centralised. The estimated amount of expenditure will need to be revised at our next annual update.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
11 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discussion on rule of law in Poland, including the media sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Commission - Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Media freedom in PL Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Commission - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 16 Sep 2021 Location Online Subject Competition/media related issues Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet member)
- Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Media freedom and pluralism, RoL Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jul 2021 Location online Subject European Politics and the Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2020 Location video conference Subject Rule of law situation in Poland, including media related aspects Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Commission - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Oct 2020 Location videoconference Subject Media policy in Member States Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Commission - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 29 Oct 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject EU Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 21 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject The European Green Deal and sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Commission - Marco Piantini (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment plan and EU economic outlook Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
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