[cma-l] VOD charges

[London Chinese Radio]

Seems to me that they are only targeting large outfits like YouTube or Daily
Motion who's primary business is providing video on demand services at a
substantial scale. One hint is that the regulation "proposed a working
assumption of a total of 150 notifiable services". So they're not going
after small blogs and small biz sites if they think it's only going to
affect about 150 sites.

Right?

Peter Vautier
London Chinese Radio


On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:52 PM, <sbuckley at gn.apc.org> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I took part yesterday in a meeting of the UK Internet Governance Forum
> where the Culture Secretary, Ed Vaizey, gave a short speech on Internet
> governance. In the time for questions I was able to raise the issue of the
> implementation in the UK of the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS)
> Directive and the proposed VOD charges. This is, verbatim, the Minister's
> response:
>
> "The point about the AVMS is a well made point. I would like to know what
> the association of video on demand providers [ATVOD] are saying about
> this, Whether this is something emerging from them or whether it is simply
> emerging from Ofcom, on its own, as it were. It is certainly something I
> would want to look into. Without wishing to give any of the officials who
> escorted me to this meeting a heart attack, it seems to me that it would
> be a difficult position where a one size fits all structure was imposed
> that meant that smaller, community-based organisations were getting the
> same kind of tariff as large media organisations. I am not sure, with the
> Directive itself, that it was the intention to do that."
>
> I think this is helpful and I suggest that CMA and others responding to
> the Ofcom statement, should ensure DCMS is also appraised of our concerns,
> especially given that Vaizey has committed to reducing regulatory burdens.
>
> A reminder to all, that the statement is here, and the deadline 15 July:
> http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/vod_proposals/statement/
>
> Best wishes
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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