UK Battles EU Web TV Regulation
Graeme Wearden writes on C|Net News:
The U.K. government is fighting an attempt by the European Commission to change the way television is regulated in Europe amid fears that this could lead to the regulation of Internet content.
James Purnell, the broadcasting minister, plans to lobby a number of European countries this week against proposed changes to the Television Without Frontiers directive.
This directive governs TV services throughout Europe, but as it was introduced in 1989, the legislation does not include any references to the Web. As the broadband boom is encouraging media companies to stream television and video services across the Internet, the European Commission has proposed updating the directive to reflect this.
posted by Fergie @ 1/30/2006 10:40:00 AM
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