Internet TV streaming services―caught by TVCatchup

Table of contents

• Original news
• What is the significance of this decision?
• What was the court asked to address?
• The ‘reception area’ defence
• Retransmission
• What does this decision mean for the legality of websites providing real time streaming of free-to-air TV broadcasts in the UK?
• What has been referred to the CJEU?
• How will this affect the industry while we await the CJEU’s decision?

Article summary

IP & IT analysis: What does the future hold for the streaming of free-to-air TV broadcasts that do not pay pay free-to-air broadcasters for their content? Theo Savvides, a partner at Bristows LLP, considers the recent decision by the Court of Appeal concerning the legality of real time streaming and the upcoming referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).