Overview
- The broadcasters’ coalition, which sent an open letter Monday, asked EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera to designate connected‑TV operating systems and virtual assistants from Google, Amazon, Apple, and Samsung as gatekeepers under the DMA.
- The European Commission confirmed it received the request and said it is reviewing it.
- Citing a 2025 study, the letter points to Android TV at 23 percent in 2024, Amazon Fire OS at 12 percent, and Samsung Tizen at 24 percent to argue these platforms now hold significant sway over content discovery.
- The groups say TV homepages, recommendation rails, and voice replies now decide what audiences see, enabling self‑preferencing and even blocking links between media apps, and they note no virtual assistant has yet been designated under the law across phones, speakers, or cars.
- The coalition urges regulators to use the DMA’s qualitative path where usage thresholds are missed, a shift that could impose fair placement and interoperability rules that change how viewers find shows and how broadcasters and radios reach audiences.