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Experts advise on portability of on-line content services proposal

9 June 2016

The EU Justice Sub-Committee takes evidence from Mr Magnus Brooke, ITV, Khalid Hadadi, Channel Four Television and Mr Bill Bush, Executive Director, The Premier League.

Witnesses

Tuesday 14 June in Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster

At 11:00am

  • Mr Magnus Brooke, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, ITV 
  • Mr Khalid Hadadi, European Affairs Manager and lead on European Policy, Channel Four Television
  • Mr Bill Bush, Executive Director, The Premier League

Topics for discussion

The EU Justice Sub-Committee is holding a one-off evidence session with ITV, Channel 4 and the Premier League on the EU's proposal to make on-line content services available to subscribers when they travel to other EU countries (known as “portability”). EU ministers have just agreed a first draft of their revision of the Commission's proposal, in preparation for negotiations with  the European Parliament. The Sub-Committee's interest will include finding out to what extent  these three on-line service providers support the proposal, and to what extent they still have concerns about it, including in relation to its impact on territorial licensing.

Further information

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