Consultation on Audience Protection Standards on Video-on-Demand Services

The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has opened a consultation on potential changes to the regulation of video-on-demand services.

Changes to audience consumption have highlighted a disparity between the traditional audience protection available on linear television, compared to newer VoD services.

DCMS is consulting on whether:

• UK audiences viewing TV-like VoD programme content should receive the same or similar level of protections as if they were watching traditional television; and

• VoD services not currently regulated by Ofcom and which target UK audiences should be brought within UK jurisdiction

For more information visit the DCMS webpage here.