MAVISE is a database edited and published by the European Audiovisual Observatory listing tv and on-demand audiovisual companies and services in Europe. As of August 2017 there are 42 national TV markets, over 12,000 television channels, and 1,200 on-demand audiovisual services, 9,100 companies (broadcasters, packagers, transmitters). The main aims of MAVISE are to provide better knowledge of the audiovisual market and more transparency, essential if the market is to operate properly and to ensure the laws governing it are relevant. MAVISE enables the European Audiovisual Observatory to provide the audiovisual industry, institutional decision-makers, and the general public with all the information they need about developments affecting the European market for television and on-demand audiovisual services even more regularly and efficiently than before. Companies in the audiovisual sector may also benefit considerably from this project. A drawback is that the text on the site is set in too small a font size and thus difficult to read.