Television without frontiers?: report with evidence, 3rd report of session 2006-07The Stationery Office, 2007 M02 5 - 219 pages The draft Audiovisual Media Services (AMS) Directive, published in December 2005, was met with some alarm. It sought to extend the existing 'Television without Frontiers' Directive to new services which were seen to be competing for audience and revenue. In doing so it would have introduced inappropriate regulation on the new media sector. There have now been some changes to the original draft and a tightening of the definition of "television like" services. Although an improvement, the Committee is concerned that there is still not enough legal certainty. They are also worried about the need to defend the 'Country of Origin' approach to single market legislation and reject the idea that regulators should act to preserve the market dominance of existing players from new entrants. They are also unconvinced of the need for any quantitative restriction on advertising. |
Contents
Oral Evidence | 6 |
Oral Evidence 23 October 2006 | 30 |
Written Evidence | 41 |
16 | 43 |
Department for Culture Media and Sport | 59 |
Supplementary Written Evidence | 74 |
Mobile Broadband Group | 86 |
Oral Evidence 30 October 2006 | 92 |
ITV Channel 4 and Five | 99 |
600 | 155 |
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25 October amendments appropriate Article audiovisual media services Baroness Eccles Beale broadcasting services business models Chairman channels co-regulation co-regulatory Commission's proposals Committee concerned consumer Country of Origin definition draft Directive E-Commerce Directive Eccles of Moulton EDIMA effective Electronic Commerce Directive ensure environment Europe European Commission European Parliament European Union example existing Frontiers Directive going harmonisation Himes Honeyball impact assessment industry Internet Watch Foundation IPTV issue Jevons liberalisation linear and non-linear linear services Lord Fearn Lord Geddes Lord Haskel Lord Roper Lord Swinfen Lord Walpole MacLeod media literacy media service provider Member mobile non-linear services Ofcom on-demand services Origin principle Paulger platforms product placement programmes question quotas regulation regulatory framework restrictions revised scope sector self-regulation self-regulatory Shaun Woodward television broadcasting Television Without Frontiers things traditional broadcasting TV-like TVWF Directive user-generated content viewers YouTube