International Stakeholder Forum Ofcom Riverside House November 2018 PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM
Agenda PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 2
Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Brexit 3. AVMS Directive and other Media Policy 4. EU Telecoms Framework 5. BEREC update 6. EU Spectrum 7. ITU PP18 PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 3
Brexit PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 4
AVMS Directive and Other Media Policy PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 5
Update from DCMS • AVMS Directive: transposition • Council Conclusions • Contact Committee 30 May 2018 ( update from Ofcom ) • European Audiovisual Observatory • Presidency 2021 • Report on Impact of Brexit on AV industries published PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 6
Content: Update on Networks et al ERGA – Work underway • Work Completed: Reports (including on AVMSD) to be published • Preview of 2019 Work Programme EPRA – Next meeting 10-12 October 2018 • Preview of 2019 Work Programme • Cooperation with ERGA Other highlights/upcoming • Continued rising profile for Media Literacy (Expert Group, Communication on Disinformation; EU Media Literacy Week 18-22 March 2019) • Commission Conference on Disinformation 29 January 2019 PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 7
ERGA: work completed and future work Key documents produced this year • Report on internal plurality • Report on the implementation of the revised AVMS Directive • Framework for the effective co-regulation of VSPs 2019 work programme • Subgroup 1: media plurality • Subgroup 2: future of ERGA • Subgroup 3: implementation of the revised AVMS Directive • Subgroup 4: gender diversity Other news • Lubos Kuklis (Slovakia) to remain Chair for 2019 as planned Tobias Schmid (Germany) will also continue as vice-Chair • Karim Ibourki (Belgium) has been elected as the other vice-Chair PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 8
Review of the EU Telecoms Framework PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 9
Proposed EECC transposition timeline December 2018-December 2020 spring/ summer summer/ autumn 2019 (TBC): DCMS, 2020 (TBC) : SI Ofcom consultations drafting complete 2018 2019 2020 Dec 2020: Transposition 4 Dec: 17 Dec: Telecoms publication in OJ deadline 15 May: entry Council into force of adoption 20 Dec: Entry Intra-EU calls into force OJ + 3days 2 year EECC transposition begins PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 10
BEREC Update PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 11
BEREC Work Programme 2019 Work Programme • BEREC 2019 Work Programme to cover 18-month period • Main part of WP is about preparing guidelines as set out in EECC, for example: • Co-investment (Article 76) • VHCN (Articles 1, 3, 22, 61, 73, 74, 76, 79, 82, 105) • Concentration Point (Article 61) • Application of Geographical Surveys (Article 22) • Election of Chair 2020 and Vice-Chairs for 2019 to take place at Plenary 4 next week • New Co-chairs of EWGs will also be appointed next week for two-year tenure • Post-plenary public debriefing on 12 December in Brussels. The live ink is available here: https://www.berec.europa.eu/eng/events/berec_events_2018/175- public-debriefing-on-outcomes-of-the-37th-berec-plenary-meetings PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 12
New BEREC EWG Structure New No change Change Rename Remedies (REM+RA) PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 13
EU Spectrum – RSPG & RSC PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 14
EU Spectrum: RSPG • Plenary October 2018 • Updates from the Working Groups; • European Spectrum Strategy • EECC • 5G • Good Offices • Peer Review and Member State Cooperation • WRC-19 • Stakeholder events in Budapest 10 th /11 th December • Stakeholder Briefing • Stakeholder Awards Workshop • Member State Peer Reviews – Slovenia, Italy, Hungary PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 15
EU spectrum update: RSC 5 th /6 th December Harmonisation Decisions 5G Decisions • 3.4 – 3.8GHz – Voting on Draft EC Decision – amending previous decision to reflect the future use of these bands for next-generation (5G) based on the output from CEPT • 26GHz – EC seeking to arrive at a stable draft text. We are keen for a Decision open enough to accommodate both individual rights of use and general authorisations, which are likely to be needed for small cell deployment. • UWB - First draft of Commission Decision allowing the use of the radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology (4th amendment) Other Items • Drones - Commission paper on spectrum needs for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the EU • Presentation by the Study Team on mmWave bands • EEC at RSC • Chris Woolford elected as ECC Chair for 3 years • Reports from ECC on Short Range Devices, Safety Related Intelligent Transport Systems, RLAN Access in 5.9GHz PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 16
ITU: Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP18) PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 17
IPP18 (Dubai, 19 October – 16 November) • Overarching policy-making body of the ITU, covering elections and the four year strategic direction of the three sectors: ITU-R (Radiocommunication/spectrum), ITU-T (Telecoms Standardisation), and ITU-D (Telecoms Development) • Ofcom part of UK delegation of c. 50 people, including DCMS, FCO, stakeholders/civil society • Successful re-election of Malcolm Johnson as Deputy Secretary General • Main policy discussion were around online, and the scope of the ITU: • Cyber-security • Internet governance • IoT, Big Data • OTT • AI • UK secured a range of successful outcomes on these, managing to limit the scope of ITU work so that it excluded roles for international policy, regulatory guidance or governance, or in some cases preventing a new resolution that would have given a mandate. • Looking to closer work with HMG on online regulation issues internationally PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 18
Feedback & Close • Next meeting: Friday 15 th March 2019 , 2pm to 4pm PROMOTING CHOICE • SECURING STANDARDS • PREVENTING HARM 19
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