The regulation on measures against unjustified geo-blocking is close to become binding law. After the European institutions had reached a compromise on some last open issues in last November, the ...

In anticipation of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, the European Commission has released a Notice to Stakeholders on the impact of Brexit on the incoming rules on geo-blocking (the “Notice ...

Parliament opted to further assess the potential impact of a geo-blocking ban, which the audio-visual industry claims would destroy existing business models and result in billions in losses. By Scott ...

The European Commission last week announced it plans to eliminate geoblocking in order to let everyone in the European Union tune in to the same movies at the same time and allow more cross-border ...

In January 2021 the European Commission (EC) fined Valve and five video game publishers a total of €7.8 million for breaching EU antitrust rules for entering into geo-blocking practices. The European ...

The European Union has directed Apple Inc. AAPL to discontinue geo-blocking on its media services. What Happened: The European Commission has identified several geo-blocking practices on Apple’s ...

Letting EU citizens watch movies online anywhere and simplifying cross-border e-commerce are key European Commission efforts to unify the continent’s digital market. The Commission on Wednesday agreed ...

Geo-blocking restricts access to digital services based on a user’s geographical location. The E.U. claims Apple’s practices “unlawfully discriminate European consumers based on their place of ...

Seemingly the sole government body policing tech platforms, the ol’ European Union, is now taking aim at desktop gaming’s biggest storefront, Steam, and its creator Valve. The commission sent a ...