ATVOD open consultation on revised Scope guidance!

Atvod have opened a consultation on their proposed revisions to their scope guidance.

Their web site states the following;

This is a consultation by the Authority for Television On Demand (“ATVOD”), the body that Ofcom designated on 18 March 2010 as the co-regulator for VOD editorial content. The purpose of this consultation is to consult on a proposal to adopt new guidance on the scope of the regulations that apply to video on demand services.

Since April 2010, ATVOD has published guidance as to the factors and criteria that are applied by ATVOD when determining whether a service falls within the definition of an ‘on-demand programme service’ (“ODPS”) under section 368A of the Communications Act 2003 (“the Act”) and is therefore subject to the regulatory framework for VOD. In light of its experience since 2010, ATVOD considers that it is now appropriate to adopt revised guidance, and has developed new draft guidance (“the Proposed Guidance”) in consultation with the ATVOD Industry Forum and Ofcom.

The consultation document sets out the Proposed Guidance and seeks stakeholders views.

Respondents are requested to use the response sheet published with the Consultation Document on this page.

Consultation published: 17th September 2013

Consultation closes: 5pm on 17th December 2013

The proposed guidance revisions can be seen at http://www.atvod.co.uk/uploads/files/Consultation_on_Scope_G

Source: http://www.atvod.co.uk/news-consultations/news-consultationsco