Mobile Operators Attack 'stifling' EC Legislation
News The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) said on Tuesday that amendments to the Television without Frontiers (TVwF) Directive — which seeks to regulate new media content broadcasting — could restrict economic growth by imposing advertising controls...
[July 26, 2006, 13:10]
Europe Defends Online Broadcasting Plans
News The European Commission (EC) has defended its proposal to revise the Television Without Frontiers (TVWF) Directive, saying that Internet businesses would benefit from the legislation. In the days before the Web, broadcasters could be forced to...
[June 15, 2006, 14:45]
Revised Online Video Rules Attacked
News Warning that continental Europe had a "stronger predilection for state intervention" than the UK, Shaun Woodward — the minister for creative industries and tourism — told a conference on Tuesday that the UK had nearly lost its battle to change the...
[March 14, 2007, 11:59]
Europe Unites To Keep Online Video Unregulated
News The vote by European Council ministers on Monday concerned amendments to the Television Without Frontiers directive (TVWF). It believed the vagueness of the original proposals would have forced it to regulate all visual media, from television...
[November 15, 2006, 17:21]
UK Battles Against Web TV Regulation
News Without Frontiers directive. The UK government is fighting an attempt by the European Commission to change the way television is regulated in Europe, amid fears that this could lead to the regulation of Internet content.
[January 30, 2006, 15:20]
Government Attacks EC's 'dangerous' Online Media Plans
News Existing Television without Frontiers (TVwF) regulations cover traditional broadcasters, and set minimum standards for advertising and the protection of minors. The British Government has launched a fierce attack on the European Commission over...
[June 29, 2006, 16:05]
UK Leads Charge Against EU Online Regulation
News Brussels is proposing major changes to the existing Television without Frontiers directive that has governed broadcasting regulation in the EU since 1989. The UK's IT and telecoms industry has launched a scathing attack on a proposed new EU...
[April 19, 2006, 8:40]
TV Without Frontiers, Lawmakers In Tears
News This is the dilemma that has European legislators, content providers and the UK Government tied in inextricable knots as they attempt to introduce the grandiose sounding Television Without Frontiers (TVWF) directive.
[July 11, 2006, 15:35]
EC Rejects Mobile Broadcasting Fears
News The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) said on Tuesday that amendments to the Television without Frontiers (TVwF) Directive - which seeks to regulate new media content broadcasting - could restrict economic growth by imposing advertising controls...
[July 28, 2006, 12:15]
Viviane Reding Nominated For Internet Villain Award
News Ofcom: "For arguing that Europe's Television without Frontiers Directive should not be applied to the internet, as it would stifle creativity and investment in internet video as well as requiring government regulation for little benefit"
[January 4, 2007, 15:59]
NCC Vs NBC In The Emerging Convergence Regulation In Nigeria
Blog The old order of regulation does not accommodate the new realities of convergence where Telecommunications, Information technology and media are now moving into new frontiers in technology, content and media.
[July 22, 2008, 9:53]
NCC Vs NBC In The Emerging Convergence Regulation In Nigeria
Blog The old order of regulation does not accommodate the new realities of convergence where Telecommunications, Information technology and media are now moving into new frontiers in technology, content and media.
[May 7, 2008, 10:53]
