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Consumer protectors criticise maintenance of geo-blocking in Europe

March 27, 2018 11.28 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) has criticised the fact that freely accessible audiovisual online content such as TV live streams or catch-up services can continue to be restricted to domestic viewers by geo-blocking,

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Regulation, Streaming, Top Story, TV Everywhere Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video, content portability, Digital Single Market, European Comission, European Council, European Parliament, geo-blocking, Martin Madej, Netflix, Sky Go, vzbv Edited: 28 March 2018 09:49

Zattoo enables cross-border TV streaming

January 10, 2018 10.36 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Zattoo customers can now use the internet TV service in other EU countries following the new EU regulation enabling cross-border content portability.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Regulation, Streaming, TV Tagged With: content portability, Jörg Meyer, streaming, Zattoo Edited: 11 January 2018 10:02

Content portability rules now in place

July 21, 2017 09.41 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Rules surrounding the right of the consumer to view pay-TV content in any European territory have been officially approved.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: content portability, European Parliament, Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 Edited: 24 July 2017 11:56

European Parliament approves content portability

May 19, 2017 08.42 Europe/London By Robert Briel

EU citizens can use online services such as Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Deezer while in another EU country for holidays, studies or business, after the European Parliament approved measures allowing portability of online content.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: content portability, European Parliament, geo-blocking Edited: 20 May 2017 06:49

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