Two days ago, a European directive came into force that allows users who have subscribed to streaming content to see them even when they are temporarily in another state of the Union. An Italian Netflix subscriber, for example, will have the contents of the Italian catalog available even when he goes on vacation to Spain. The European Commission estimates that about 29 million EU citizens subscribing to services of this type will benefit from this new measure.
The Commission has indicated that the new directive will also be useful for content providers, who will no longer have to purchase expensive licenses to broadcast their content across national borders. However, it will not yet be possible to subscribe to specific services available in only one country of the Union (for example the British packages that allow you to follow the entire Premier League). Providers of free content, such as national TV or radio, will be able to decide independently whether or not to make their content available abroad.
In the FAQ section on the new directive, it is explicitly written that the new measure also applies to services that offer live sports content: it means that a subscriber to the SkyGo and Premium Play services, which allow you to watch the most important matches of football, will be able to follow the matches of Chievo or Genoa even if he has to spend two weeks of work in Tallinn, Estonia.
