1. Discussion paper on the protection of minors in a converged environment 2 nd Meeting of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services 21 October 2014 Prof. mr. dr. Madeleine De Cock Buning, President of the Board of Commissioners Dutch Media Authority

2. Challenges

3. Key themes 1.The distinction between the standards that apply to linear and non-linear audiovisual media content 2.The harmonisation of key definitions and concepts 3.Protection measures: new challenges due to numerous techniques and distribution platforms to offer audiovisual media content 4.Effective enforcement, shared responsibilities, self- and co-regulation 5.Media literacy