Digital video broadcasting meaning

This Practice Note offers guidance on the Media Act 2024 (MA 2024), enacted to modernise the regulation of public service broadcasters (PSBs) in light of smart TV technologies and the expansion of video-on-demand (VoD). It outlines the principal legislative measures and evaluates what they mean for businesses. It further highlights the consequences for the regulator, Ofcom, arising from the broader powers granted to it under the Act. Background to MA 2024 In April 2022, a White Paper titled Up next—the government’s vision for the broadcasting sector (the White Paper) was laid before Parliament by the then Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). On the same day, the government issued its response to the Digital Radio and Audio Review. Commissioned in 2020, the Digital Radio and Audio Review examined the regulatory framework for radio and audio and produced recommendations in light of altered listening patterns, with most radio consumption now occurring via digital platforms. The White Paper set out a series of legislative reforms intended...

This Practice Note sets out a high-level outline of key media content regulation in the EU, spanning broadcasting, social media, video-on-demand (VoD) services, and the press and magazines. It concentrates on rules governing material that appears on these channels—a species of oversight that has markedly grown in recent years, reflecting the drive to, for instance, tackle illegal content on social networks. The regime cited in this Practice Note applies (or is expected to apply) across the EU as a whole. That said, individual Member States may have domestic regulators empowered to set additional, territory-specific requirements, much as Ofcom supervises media in the UK. EU audiovisual regulators are listed on the European Commission website. Although the legislation discussed here does not take effect in the UK, it is still relevant to UK businesses operating in the EU. Broadcasting (television and radio) Broadcasting is the delivery of programmes or information by television or radio. The EU AVMS Directive—Directive 2010/13/EU, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808—sets out rules governing...