Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.25 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
12
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 Policy
Consumer PolicyAddress
Head Office
Piet Heinkade 173,
Amsterdam 1019GM
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Piet Heinkade 173,
Amsterdam 1019GM
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 3 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Michael KOLZ 12 Nov 2024 12 Nov 2025 Michael KOLZ 01 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Michael KOLZ 22 Oct 2022 21 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)
Video Games Europe (VGE)
Vaunet (German audiovisual sector body) - note that we are active in several other national trade groups but to the best of our knowledge these do not specifically engage with the EU institutions.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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount flint europe 100,000€ - 199,999€ slast 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
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 declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
No specific activities in this area
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 28 May 2024 Location Los Angeles Subject AI, role of creative industries in supporting democracy, media Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
- Anne Funch Jensen (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 Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Hanna Hinrikus (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 Attending - Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
- Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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