EBU: Digital Networks Act - "radio needs more"

The EBU welcomes the EU’s Digital Networks Act proposal for modernising telecom markets while preserving key safeguards for public service media, including access, must-carry rules and net neutrality. It cautions against network access fees that could harm media access and regrets the lack of stronger measures to guarantee terrestrial broadcast radio in all vehicles, stressing radio’s critical role in emergencies. It says: "While we are reassured that the proposal preserves digital broadcast radio access in radio receivers of passenger cars, greater ambition is needed to ensure terrestrial broadcast radio presence in all vehicle types (e.g. M, N, L6 and L7) so that it can serve as lifeline for all people in times of crisis."

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