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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

Europe bans geo-blocking – but digital media exempt

February 7, 2018 11.29 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The European Parliament voted 557 to 89 on Tuesday in favour of a regulation that bans geo-blocking for most types of online content. However some digital media including Netflix and […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Europe, geo-blocking Edited: 8 February 2018 12:47

Half of UK VPN users aim to avoid geo-blocking

May 31, 2017 10.26 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Almost half of VPN users in the UK are accessing region-based content, according to new research by YouGov.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: geo-blocking, UK, VPN, YouGov Edited: 1 June 2017 09:13

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 […]

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

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

European Commission wants to abolish geo-blocking

March 26, 2015 08.55 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The European Commission has said geoblocking stands in the way of a modern digital market and should be abolished.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: European Commission, geo-blocking Edited: 27 March 2015 11:40

Hulu cracks down on geo-blocking tricks

April 28, 2014 11.00 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Hulu has stepped up efforts to block non-US viewers who are using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to mask their location.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Australia, geo-blocking, Hulu, Netflix, VPN Edited: 28 April 2014 11:03

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