Television. Officials in Brussels plan to change – Parquet

Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.

Source: Archive

Idea construction of a digital single market in Europe is not dead. This week 
 in Venice EU officials hosted Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (we have time Italian Presidency) and Commissioner for Digital Agenda and European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes.

According to a document prepared at the time of the Venetian meetings, which he reached the “Financial Times “, Brussels wants EU citizens to have access to digital products and services, regardless of where in the EU they are. Official proposals on this and other issues can be expected in October.

We already know that the implementation of the idea of ​​Brussels would mean big changes for the whole European television market. Today deportation decoder Cyfrowy Polsat or nc + abroad and watch there channel packages these operators is illegal 
 and Internet services Ipla and TVN Player does not allow you to watch programs outside Polish.

As an example of content that would in the future be available to viewers without previous restrictions, “FT” gives the broadcasts of football matches or access to TV channels specific to the local market, from which the viewer. – To such an idea could enter the implementation phase, a thorough revolution must be changed license to broadcast, shows and movies. Currently licensor sell them for individual countries or sub-regions. For example, the rights to broadcast sports is the national pay-TV one of the main ways of attracting customers – says Andrzej Zarębski, an expert on media. Cyfrowy Polsat declined to comment. – This is only a draft document, which has not yet been presented. Publicly known assumptions are too general to be able to address them – says Olga Zomer, a spokeswoman for the company.

pre Analysts estimate that the change could be beneficial for companies such as Cyfrowy Polsat. – The opening of the European market is for local providers of video positive news. Will mean for them a chance to increase the number of subscribers. In exile lives today according to various estimates 1.5-2 million Poles. I would expect that tens of thousands of them can take advantage of the offer domestic satellite pay television companies abroad, if possible, – says Vladimir Giller, an analyst at DM PKO BP.

In his view, a bunch of people who will want to use abroad with online video sites can grow faster than the number of subscribers to satellite television.

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