Activities of Nadja HIRSCH related to 2012/2300(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Connected TV (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on connected TV PDF (188 KB) DOC (140 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas TV sets were originally developed to receive linear broadcast signals, which, in the digital environment, have hithertopast, have met with incomparably greater interest othan othe part of the public than other electronic media services, so that their outstanding importance for individual and public opinion-forming will persist for the foreseeable futurer media services, but the technological development towards digitally convergent media means that the previous outstanding importance for individual and public opinion-forming, associated with a higher level of regulation for linear services, is being called into question;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is becoming possible for linear and non-linear audiovisual services and numerous other communications services tocan now already be used on one and the same screen, combined seamlessly and consumed simultaneously, in parallel, as a result of which the dividing lines between these services are becoming blurred and it is now barely apparent to the user which type of communication service is being used;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas consumers’ interest in hybrid receiving systems is constantly growing, so that the opportunities for dissemination of (interactive) on-line services, which take their starting point as traditional TV services as regards their content or conception or are related to them in terms of scope, are constantly and significantly increasing;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the attention of each user is finite and, as the number of services on offer rises, it becomes more difficult to reach users, which means that access to and findability of services will be decisive for their success;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the current provisions of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) do not yet take into account these new technical developments and whereas in particular graduated regulation, which differentiates between television programmes (including webcasting and live streaming) and audiovisual media services on demand, will become less important in its existing form, although differently regulated information and communications services are available on one and the same device, including services which do not fall within the scope of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive but of the e-Commerce Directive or, in the case of non-European services, are not covered by any EU media regulations at all, which may result in unequal competitive conditions and unacceptable discrepancies in the protection of users;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the regulatory objectives of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive – particularly ensuring and promoting diversity of opinion and of the media, protecting human dignity and protecting children, and safeguarding fair competition, as well as regulation of advertising – retain their importance to society and their regulatory justification as a matter of principle, but at the same time the limits of the effectiveness and enforceability of these protective provisions are becoming increasingly apparent because of the methods of use which have been made possible by hybrid receiving systems;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the mere chance fact of the existence of numerous services does not automatically result in the aforementioned regulatory objectives being attained, but their attainment needs to be safeguarded in advance, as undesirable developments can only be reversed to a limited extent and with considerable difficulties and there will therefore remain a need for a specific regulatory framework for the use of services on demand in hybrid receiving systemsand the future legal framework should resolve the regulatory problems posed by the new digital media landscape, whereby the aim must be to use self-regulatory or co- regulatory means, within the boundaries of existing legislation, to reduce regulation to a minimum;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas net neutrality is proven to be insufficiently safeguarded by transparency and competition;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas regulation differs between Member States, hampering the level playing field and the development of a single telecom and digital single market;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the country-of-broadcast principle in the original Television Without Frontiers Directive represents a milestone for freedom of information and the development of a common market in services, since the Member States committed themselves to quality-based minimum standards and, in return, introduced the country-of-origin principle in the form of the country-of-broadcast principle;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the original Television Without Frontiers Directive was adopted in 1989 and had to be revised for the first time in 1997 and for the second time in 2007, contrary to the efforts made to adopt sustainable and longer-term audiovisual regulations that will make it possible to plan with certainty;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to revise the regulatory framework for audiovisual media services and adapt it to the new demands of the Internet;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to apply European competition and telecommunications law to vertically integrated content and infrastructure providers;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and Member States, in addition to such ‘must be found’ rules, to consider to what extent a reform of media regulation so as to move towards incentive schemes and strengthen self- regulatory approaches can enable the aforesaid regulatory objectives of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive to be attained in a lasting fashion;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that these platforms are operated on the basis of an open, non-proprietaryinteroperable standard, in a way which accords with market conditions entailing fair competition and accords with consumer demand;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to ensure in a legally binding manner that all content is as a matter of principle made available to the same quality standard on networks and platforms unless a measure entailing positive or negative discrimination demonstrably serves the public interest in the case of the dissemination of particular services;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to propose Union legislation guaranteeing net neutrality;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the anonymous use of TV and on-line services by means of hybrid receiving devices is guaranteed and that monitoring and exploitation of the user’s behaviour by manufacturers of devices or by third parties is not normally allowed, being permitted only with the witting and unambiguous consent of the useris consistent with the data protection rules in force;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States, in the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework, to reconsider the cut in funding, from the figure of EUR 9.2 billion originally proposed to EUR 1 billion, for the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect, CNECT) to cover the further development of telecommunications infrastructure;