European Convention on Transfrontier Television

Overview
The European Convention on Transfrontier Television lays down a number of rules for the free and unhindered circulation of television programmes across the countries concerned. The Convention was the first legal instrument to define at the wider European level a number of common principles for the transfrontier circulation of television programmes. The objectives and principles and the field of application of the Convention and the Directive are nearly the same.

In 2007 the revision of the Convention was initiated with the aim to align its provisions with the new rules set at the EU level by the AVMSD.