Contribution on the Public Consultation on Directive 2010/13/EU on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMSD) ()

According to my estimates (obtained by crossing information from the MAVISE and from the AMADEUS databases) around 200 European TV companies are operating turnover outside of their respective country of establishment. Open distribution platforms (such as Youtube, Facebook, Dailymotion) propose at le...

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Published in:Communications & Strategies 2016-01 (101), p.131
Main Author: Lange, André
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advertising
Agreements
Algorithms
Audiences
Broadcasting industry
Case law
Economic impact
Editorials
Observatories
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Summary:According to my estimates (obtained by crossing information from the MAVISE and from the AMADEUS databases) around 200 European TV companies are operating turnover outside of their respective country of establishment. Open distribution platforms (such as Youtube, Facebook, Dailymotion) propose at least seven different categories of editorial possibilities: - content effectively created from scratch by users (whether professional or amateurs) and uploaded without commercial purpose, - content created by users but incorporating copyright protected material and uploaded without commercial purpose, - content not created by users but up-loaded without the agreement of the rightful owners, - content uploaded by commercial operators without commercial agreement with the operator of the distribution platform (i.e.\n Should the Commission (or possibly the European Court of Justice) refuse the Member States the possibility of creating a common set of rules for national and non-national providers of services, this will clearly reinforce the position of the services established in countries not requiring a contribution.
ISSN:1157-8637
2116-0341