Meps Push For Controls On TV And Internet

The European Parliament will try tomorrow to impose quotas on television and fix controls on the Internet.

The moves, by the Parliament’s dominant Socialist bloc – which includes British Labour MEPs – would force broadcasters to transmit a minimum amount of home-produced programmes. This is to stop what some MEPs see as a flood of American imports.

The broadcasting and recording industries are more alarmed by attempts to extend quotas and controls to multimedia services not yet in existence, again in an attempt to stop American influence.