EBU Calls For Concept European Rights For All TV

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Aug 8, 2011 4:28 PM, By Philip Hunter

The European Broadcast Union ( EBU ) has called is to European Union (EU) Satellite Cable Directive to be lengthened to all forms of announce inclusive Web TV to facilitate rights authorization opposite the continent. Satellite report in specific is crossborder, that is because the EU has already determined this gauge casing heavenly body delivery opposite more than 40 countries, with rights formed on the country-of-origin principle. This law enables a broadcaster to get hold of rights in only a EU associate nation and then have them lengthened to the outstanding 27 countries, with centralized payments by a singular pciking up authority.

At the same time the gauge contains safeguards for rights holders and allows them to bargain well-defined deals for any broadcaster, with the skill to heed between the not similar placement channels. But any treat is then practical opposite the EU as a entire rsther than than every associate nation separately.

According to the European Audiovisual Observatory, there were more than 4300 not similar TV channels announce over heavenly body in the 27 EU countries in addition to Croatia and Turkey on 31 December 2010. Taking account of all the denunciation versions, this means more than 4500 TV channels announce over heavenly body in these 29 countries were covered by these nation of start rights deals. The EBU right away wants this to be lengthened to Internet TV, that similar to heavenly body operates opposite borders. In fact it would be attractive for broadcasters to be able to settle worldwide rights for Internet calm but that will not be going on any time soon.

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