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lincsat · 23-01-06, 02:06 PM

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has taken European regulators to task, telling the Oxford Media Convention that ongoing plans to overhaul European broadcasting rules could do "lasting damage" to Europe's creative businesses. Citing the Television Without Frontiers directive, which governs broadcasting rules across the EU, Jowell said that plans to introduce regulation of the Internet for the first time would damage business prospects. In particular, the draft directive could stifle the development of new media such as TV via mobile phone and the Web, she said. "If the directive turns its back on wealth creation by imposing a highly bureaucratic regulatory framework, then it will do immense and lasting damage to Europe's creative economy."

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lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 5,914 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2,575 Times in 663 Posts	Culture Secretary takes EU regulators to task Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has taken European regulators to task, telling the Oxford Media Convention that ongoing plans to overhaul European broadcasting rules could do "lasting damage" to Europe's creative businesses. Citing the Television Without Frontiers directive, which governs broadcasting rules across the EU, Jowell said that plans to introduce regulation of the Internet for the first time would damage business prospects. In particular, the draft directive could stifle the development of new media such as TV via mobile phone and the Web, she said. "If the directive turns its back on wealth creation by imposing a highly bureaucratic regulatory framework, then it will do immense and lasting damage to Europe's creative economy."