FDEF Professor for Media and Telecommunication Law, Mark D. Cole, was invited to speak at the 2021 Council of Europe’s European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) Spring conference which took place digitally on 11 February 2021.
With an audience of over 600 viewers, the EAO conference united experts and industry stakeholders to examine the proposed Digital Services Act Package and its implications for the delivery of online content in Europe, addressing the question: what will the consequences of this new modernised legal framework be for the audiovisual sector?
Prof. Cole spoke in detail about the mechanisms whereby the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, coupled with other EU rules, aim to achieve a fair and level playing field for digital services providers operating both across Europe, and globally. Talking mainly about the DMA proposal, he emphasised that both pieces of forward-looking legislation work together, at different scales, to send a strong signal to markets.
Prof. Mark D. Cole is introduced by conference host, Maja Cappello
The full conference can be viewed online.
More information about the Digital Services Act package can be found on the website of the European Commission.