Challenges for „Z-generation Media” – the Definition of Audiovisual Media in the “New Media Online” Ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union Cover Image

A „Z-generációs média” kihívásai – az audiovizuális média fogalma az Európai Unió Bíróságának „New Media Online”-ítéletében
Challenges for „Z-generation Media” – the Definition of Audiovisual Media in the “New Media Online” Ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Author(s): Zsolt Kokoly
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: UArtPress - Editura Universității de Arte din Tîrgu Mureş - A Marosvásárhelyi Művészeti Egyetem Kiadója
Keywords: audiovisual media regulation; European media law; online portals; AVSM Directive; C-347/14 New Media Online

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the problematic surrounding legal definition of audiovisual media service by presenting and interpreting a case recently decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union, “C-347/14 New Media Online”. The case – submitted to the Court in 2012 – garnered international interest from scholars and law practitioners as it approached current problems linked to the issue of audiovisual media content hosted on online news portals, more specifically: does this type of content fall under the scope of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar’s non-binding opinion from July 2015 and the Court’s final—somewhat diverging and more nuanced—decision from later that year offers important guidelines regarding the legal notion of (non-linear) audiovisual media content.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2016
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 71-80
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian