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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2 Fte (5)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

11

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Discovery Corporate Services Ltd   (Discovery)

    EU Transparency Register

    288009010205-61 First registered on 13 Dec 2012

    Goals / Remit

    Discovery is broadcaster and on-demand streamer of high-quality factual content with its EU headquarters in the Netherlands and other significant places of business in Munich, Paris, Warsaw, Milan, Stockholm, Madrid and Copenhagen.

    Main EU files targeted

    Digital Services Act
    Digital Market Act
    AVMS Directive
    Media Freedom
    Copyright Directive
    Data Protection
    Competition Policy
    Sports Policy

    Address

    Head Office
    Kraanspoor 20,
    Amsterdam 1033SE
    NETHERLANDS
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    5

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%4

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Mar 2021

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Michael KOLZ 01 Feb 2024 31 Jan 2025
    Mr Michael KOLZ 22 Oct 2022 21 Oct 2023
    Mr ross biggam 20 Apr 2016 18 Nov 2016

    Complementary Information

    There is one Head of Public Policy for the organisation who 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

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
    European Group of Television Advertising (EGTA)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    No specific activities in this area

    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 proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • 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
      Attending
      • Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
      • Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Media freedom in PL
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
      • Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Media freedom and pluralism, RoL
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Oct 2020 Location videoconference
      Subject Media policy in Member States
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 29 Oct 2020 Location Brussels - video conference
      Subject EU Green Deal
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 21 Jan 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject The European Green Deal and sustainable finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
      Portfolio Economy
      Attending
      • Marco Piantini (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
      • Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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