The European Parliament’s negotiating mandate on ending audiovisual geo-blocking (the so called CabSat draft regulation) will be submitted to Parliament on 12 December. The European Commission sees this new vote as an opportunity to reintroduce a bit more substance into the regulation’s scope of application.
It should be recalled that the draft proposal seeks to promote the cross-border provision of online ancillary services and facilitate the digital retransmission of TV and radio...