Press Release: Directive on the protection of conditional-access services: Commission consultation of interested parties

The European Commission launched an open consultation and asked all interested parties to submit information on services that use conditional-access systems, such as pay-TV or video on demand. This consultation followed an impact assessment study of the Directive on conditional-access services. The Commission proposed to use the information gathered during the study and the consultation process to draw up its second report on the implementation of the Directive. The consultation was expected to remain open until 4 April 2008.