The government recently published the Broadcasting (Amendment)
(EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the
"Regulations"), which will come into
force in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The Regulations will make a
number of changes to primary and secondary legislation to address
certain deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the
EU.
In particular, the Regulations address issues of authorisation
(given that the UK would no longer be part of the
"country-of-origin" principle under the Audiovisual Media
Services Directive (the "AVMS
Directive") on a no-deal Brexit) as well as content
standards, European works, listed events, conditional access
services, on-demand programme services, unauthorised decoders and
gambling.
