Jul 20th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
By: Roger Darlington
What happens when broadcasting and the Internet collide?
Traditionally broadcasting has been heavily regulated, while effectively the Internet is hardly regulated at all. But what happens when more and more broadcasting material is delivered on the Internet? Do we regulate that material as if it were conventional broadcasting or do we abandon all regulation because the delivery platform is the global Internet or do we find some ‘third way’? The issue is a very live one as European Commissioner Reding commences a review of the Television Without Frontiers Directive. Ed Richards of Ofcom discussed these questions in a speech this week - see here - and meanwhile the Culture Commmittee of the European Parliament has declared a view on the Directive - see here. This one will run and run …
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