EC Rejects Mobile Broadcasting Fears

The European Commission has rejected claims that a proposed directive will stifle the mobile content industry, claiming that it is intended to be light touch and should help promote the industry, since pulled content is subject to less restrictive rules. “However, Selmayr refused to accept that the mobile entertainment industry needed a “grace period” of exemption from the rules, saying operators had already established business models…”Today the mobile industry is part of daily life and provides all kinds of content. It should abide by minimum rules,” said Martin Selmayr, spokesman for the Digital Information Society and Media Directorate General..

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