The Conference on European Media Law, organized by the ERA Academy of European Law will take place from 7th June to 8th June 2018 at the in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will cover areas like results of the public consultation on directive 2010/13/eu on audiovisual media services (avmsd) and the way forward, review of the satellite and cable directive in light of market and technological developments.

Key topics:

Status quo of legislative packages contributing to the Digital Single Market
Future framework for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS Directive): finalization of the trilogue and first view of the transposition requirements in Member States; focus on video sharing platforms
Enforceability of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from 25 May 2018: key changes for the media and IT sector
The forthcoming e-privacy Regulation: where we stand, relationship to GDPR, future of cookies, advertising and other marketing measures
SatCab Regulation between country of origin and principle of territoriality
Ongoing competition law investigations concerning platforms and affecting media companies
Impact of Brexit on the media market
Liability approaches in copyright: conflict or interaction with e-commerce rules?
Latest jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and of the European
Court of Human Rights (EctHR) relevant to the media sector

To provide up-to-date information on the latest policy developments, legislative initiatives and case law in this field