The Internet has favoured the entry of new market players and the development of new services (e.g. music streaming services, Video on Demand – VoD…
Category: geo-blocking
This system should protect children from negative and dangerous content. As it is declared, a special “white list” of web-sites will be created. This system…
On 25 May 2016, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on addressing unjustified geo-blocking. New analytical paper illustrates the prevalence of geo-blocking…
On 6 May 2015, the Commission launched a sector inquiry into the electronic commerce (‘e-commerce’) of consumer goods and digital content in the EU (‘e-commerce…
The ancillary online services covered by this Regulation are those services offered by broadcasting organisations which have a clear and subordinate relationship to the broadcast.…
Broadcasters and retransmission service providers are increasingly investing in the development of digital and online services for the distribution of radio and television programmes. The…
Australia’s exceptions are too narrow and prescriptive, do not reflect the way people today consume and use content, and do not readily accommodate new legitimate…
In relation to digital content, the sector inquiry investigates the presence of territorial restrictions and geo-blocking in the online distribution of digital content. The sector…
On 6 May 2015, the European Commission decided on the basis of European Union competition rules to launch a sector inquiry into the electronic commerce…
In order to ensure that providers of online content services which are provided against payment of money comply with the obligation to provide cross-border portability…