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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Take a look at the website of the new ATVOD
(Association for Television on Demand), which is taking the regulatory role over
from Ofcom.<BR></FONT><A href="http://atvod.co.uk/"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://atvod.co.uk/</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<BR>(BTW, they say 'Content to follow' on several of their pages, which
perhaps gives a clue as to their current level of understanding of how the
online world works....</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial> )<BR><BR>You can download
their document 'Guidance on who needs to notify' here:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://atvod.co.uk/downloads/who_should_notify.pdf">http://atvod.co.uk/downloads/who_should_notify.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It's comprehensive - this section is
interesting:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2. Is the service an ‘on-demand programme service’?
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2.1 Under section 368A of the Act, a service will
be an 'on-demand programme service', and therefore subject to notification and
regulation, if it meets all of following criteria. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>a) It includes TV-like programmes: the service
includes programmes whose form and content are comparable to the form and
content of programmes of a kind normally included in television programme
services; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>b) It is a VOD service: the service enables users
to select individual programmes from among the programmes included in the
service, to receive the selected programme using an electronic communications
network,1 and to view the selected programme when the user chooses;
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>c) There is editorial responsibility: the
programmes comprising the service are under a person's editorial responsibility;
and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>d) It is made available to the public: the service
is made available by that person for use by members of the public..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>According to that, charitable organisations which
make campaigning and awareness-raising videos for events such as Refugee
Week, and include them on their websites, would count as VOD service
providers. Perhaps that's the idea: maybe a bright spark in Whitehall thought it
would be a good way of stopping people from exposing injustices and such
like....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If anyone has any insights into the thought
processes behind the wording in the Act, it will be useful to hear
them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best wishes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cathy Aitchison</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.londonlinkradio.net">http://www.londonlinkradio.net</A>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://rwradio.wordpress.com">http://rwradio.wordpress.com</A>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Jaqui
Devereux" <jaqui.devereux@commedia.org.uk><BR>To: "'CMA-L'"
<cma-l@commedia.org.uk><BR>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:40
AM<BR>Subject: [cma-l] URGENT! Do you put video on demand on your website - if
so this is URGENT<BR><BR><BR>Dear all<BR><BR>DEADLINE 15 July<BR><BR>Ofcom have
decided (for the moment) that there will be a flat fee of <BR>£2,900 payable by
anyone who puts video on demand (VOD) on their <BR>website. If you do this
already or think you may want to in the future, <BR>then you need to register
your objection to this proposed fee which <BR>would apply equally to Sky, BBC,
UTV etc and to you.<BR><BR>We are trying to get them to introduce a vastly
reduced fee category for <BR>charitable and not for profit organisations, not
just in the media <BR>sector but across the whole of the voluntary
sector.<BR><BR>To voice your opinion (best to write saying you want to do VOD on
your <BR>site but your income is only £xxx per annum, so such a fee would be
<BR>completely unaffordable) to:<BR><BR>Adam.Baxter@ofcom.org.uk<BR><BR>CC us in
if you can,<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Jaqui<BR><BR>-- <BR>Jaqui
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