Internet video rules ‘misguided’

An EU bid to make internet broadcasters subject to the same laws as traditional television is “seriously misguided”, a House of Lords committee has said.

Proposals risk damaging the new media industry, pushing broadcasters to set up outside Europe, the committee said.

The committee was discussing European Commission plans to update the 1989 TV without Frontiers EU directive.

The Audiovisual Media Services Directive aims to reflect huge changes in broadcasting in recent years.

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