EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD, Directive 2010/13/EU as amended by Directive 2018/1808 and Directive (EU) 2023/2586) AVMSD-Art.1: Definitions (Article 1)

Article 1 supplies the definitions framing the Directive: 'audiovisual media service', 'media service provider', 'audiovisual media service on demand' (non-linear), 'television broadcasting' (linear), 'broadcaster', 'European works', 'audiovisual commercial communication', 'sponsorship', 'product placement', and (since the 2018 amendment) 'video-sharing platform service' and 'video-sharing platform provider'. The Directive applies only to services whose principal purpose, or a dissociable section, is the provision of programmes or, for VSPs, of user-generated videos to the general public.