facilitate the licensing of rights in audiovisual works
to video-on-demand services
4. This is in
response to the lack of EU audio-visual works available on
video-on-demand (
VoD) platforms, despite the
growing popularity of on-demand services (such as Netflix and
Amazon Video). This is partly attributed to the fact that
agreements for online exploitation of such works can be difficult
to conclude due to certain territorial rightsholders not having
sufficient economic incentive to exploit a work online.
Consequently, Article 13 of the DSM Directive requires Member
States to put in place a mediator or neutral body to assist parties
to negotiate and reach contractual agreements related to the