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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 […]

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

European Parliament rejects SatCab regulation: geo-blocking to stay in place

December 13, 2017 09.18 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The European Parliament (EP) has dealt a blow to the Digital Single Market (DSM) by rejecting most of the European Commission’s SatCab regulation.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: Digital Single Market, EBU, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, SatCab Regulation Edited: 7 February 2018 11:35

European Council agrees to remove geo-blocking

November 28, 2016 15.32 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The European Council agreed on a draft regulation to ban unjustified geo-blocking between member states. However, copyright protected works are not included.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: European Council, geo-blocking Edited: 30 November 2016 11:19

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