EU sets new digital media rules

After a legislative process of 18 months, a political agreement was 24 May 2007 on the new Audiovisual Media Services without frontiers Directive. Both the European Parliament and Council agreed on the main aims of the European Commission proposal to modernise the rules governing the audiovisual services industry. The new law will offer a comprehensive legal framework that covers all audiovisual media services, less detailed and more flexible regulation and modernised rules on TV advertising to better finance audiovisual content. The Directive should enter into force by the end of 2007.

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ESO: Background information: Commission welcomes political agreement on new Directive for Europe's audiovisual media http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-welcomes-political-agreement-on-new-directive-for-europes-audiovisual-media/

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