{"id":22425,"date":"2026-03-23T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/worlds-broadcasters-urge-eu-to-tighten-rules-for-big-tech-in-smart-tv-battle\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:37:18","slug":"worlds-broadcasters-urge-eu-to-tighten-rules-for-big-tech-in-smart-tv-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/worlds-broadcasters-urge-eu-to-tighten-rules-for-big-tech-in-smart-tv-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s broadcasters urge EU to tighten rules for big tech in smart TV battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung control operating systems, allowing them to act as gatekeepers, letter claims<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/mar\/23\/stock-markets-gold-dollar-trump-iran-ultimatum-uk-economy-growth-borrowing-costs-latest-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest broadcasters have pushed for the EU to enforce its toughest regulations against virtual TVs and smart assistants built by Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung.<\/p>\n<p>The call came in a letter from the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), whose members include Canal+, RTL, Mediaset, ITV, Paramount+, NBCUniversal, Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Sky and TF1 Groupe.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/23\/broadcasters-eu-big-tech-smart-tv-google-amazon-apple-samsung\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a0aee994db5373f39dc19e84ea96f6485b9d865c\/407_0_4431_3545\/master\/4431.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=108210a87b5972dcd718c15fb376125f\" title=\"World\u2019s broadcasters urge EU to tighten rules for big tech in smart TV battle\" \/>Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung control operating systems, allowing them to act as gatekeepers, letter claims<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe world\u2019s largest broadcasters have pushed for the EU to enforce its toughest regulations against virtual TVs and smart assistants built by Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung.<br \/>\nThe call came in a letter from the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), whose members include Canal+, RTL, Mediaset, ITV, Paramount+, NBCUniversal, Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Sky and TF1 Groupe. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung control operating systems, allowing them to act as gatekeepers, letter claims Business live \u2013 latest updates The world\u2019s largest broadcasters have pushed for the EU to enforce its toughest regulations against virtual TVs and smart assistants built by Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung. The call came in a letter from &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/worlds-broadcasters-urge-eu-to-tighten-rules-for-big-tech-in-smart-tv-battle\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World\u2019s broadcasters urge EU to tighten rules for big tech in smart TV battle<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}