(Source: Cooley LLP) 11/09/2015 The Court of Justice of the European Union ('CJEU') judgment last month in New Media Online GmbH v Bundeskommunikationssenat, Case C-347/14, has potentially significant implications for any news organisations hosting audiovisual content on their websites. The CJEU ruled that videos under a subdomain of a newspaper website could fall under the definition of a 'programme' within the Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2010/13 ('the AVMSD') in a decision that notably differs from the approach taken by the Advocate General, as well as the general approach currently taken by Ofcom in the UK. This is despite a clear recital in the AVMSD that 'electronic versions of...
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