PANEL 1 : CHANNELS
    Chantal Pattyn studied art history and archeology at the University of Ghent. She made her first reportages at the age of 19, for the youth magazine of the Belgian Radio 1 and for the TV programme Kilimanjaro. From 1991 on, she was the voice of the alternative music programme Update on Studio Brussel (the Dutch-speaking radio station in Brussels). In 1996, she started working for the ground-breaking programme Frituur Victoria, where she was the editor and presenter of the cultural content. After 10 years at Studio Brussel she presented - together with Ivan De Vadder - the discussion programme De Zevende Dag on Belgian (Flemish) national television. The radio bug, however, had not completely disappeared. In 2000 she moved to Klara, the cultural radio station of the Belgian (Flemish) national broadcasting company VRT and since 2007 she has been their net manager. She is also active as journalist for, among others, Canvas (national tv) and De Standaard Magazine (printed press).
    Klara (an abbreviation of Klassieke Radio, classical radio) is part of the Flemish public broadcasting company wich serves the Dutch-speaking community in Belgium. Classical music is Klara’s core format: from 06:00 to 17:00 only classical music is played. Outside of these hours, one can also hear jazz, world music and alternative music. Live concerts, a mix of Klara’s own recordings and concerts offered via the EBU, are broadcasted daily. Klara’s daily radio magazine Babel covers the cultural agenda of Belgium, where the topics range from literature, theatre, art, music and dance. Klara also organizes festivals and events such as Klara in het Paleis (Brussel), Klara4Kids (Antwerpen), Iedereen Klassiek, Jazz Middelheim (in collaboration with Gent Jazz) and Klara Festival (in collaboration with Festival van Vlaanderen-Brussel). Klara releases its own recordings on the Klara label.
    Algerian born Yves Riesel is a recording producer and distributor of French recordings. He is the director and founder of the label Abeille Musique and of Qobuz, an online site for selling music. Representing Abeille Musique, he is a member of the Union Council of SNEP (Syndicat National de l’Edition Phonographique) and was their vice-president from 2007 to 2010. In January 2011, the Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand appointed him Chevalier of Arts and Letters as part of MIDEM (Marché International de la Musique).
    Qobuz.com is the only site in the world, so far, to offer downloads of high quality ("True CD quality" and quality "Studio Master") on a comprehensive catalogue that includes four major labels and many independents labels. They offer unique editorial content, high-fidelity listening with no advertising, thousands of digital (PDF) booklets, multiple downloads of previous purchases and 24 hour streaming of all Qobuz unlimited content.
    Laurence Le Ny has been Director of Music and Live Performances at Orange’s Content Division since 2005, having joined the group as music consultant in 2004. Prior to her work for Orange, she was managing director of Warner Music France and chaired the association Victoires de la Musique in 1999. Her other experience includes managing director at Sony Music’s Epic label for seven years, after having been head of promotion at BMG. Laurence Le Ny began her career at Polygram and CBS Disques where she was respectively television promotion manager and press officer.
    In 2010, Orange and Deezer - the European leader of music streaming - joined forces in order to give Orange’s customers access to Deezer Premium internet and mobile services. Deezer Premius is a paid streaming service that gives unlimited access to a catalogue of more than 7 million titles, in all genres, without advertisements, and in high-quality sound, on mobiles and on a large gamma of platforms.