EU Digital & Media Weekly Report
12 April 26
Visiola Pula
This report gathers policy and regulatory developments at EU level covered by Cullen International’s Digital Economy and Media services during the last week. It also lists events taking place this week.
UK competition authority to investigate Microsoft’s business software ecosystem
09 April 26
Miljana Todorovic
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will assess whether Microsoft should be designated with strategic market status under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. Such designation would allow the CMA to impose targeted measures on Microsoft’s business software ecosystem and cloud practices. The investigation will start in May 2026 and should be completed within nine months.
Event in European Parliament on the Digital Omnibus and its impact on the financing of trusted media
09 April 26
Michele Ledger
Nordic media publishers made a strong plea towards the need to ensure that the digital simplification proposals contained in the Digital Omnibus do not undermine the financing of (trusted) media in Europe.
EU Digital & Media Weekly Report
05 April 26
Marianna Mattera
This report gathers policy and regulatory developments at EU level covered by Cullen International’s Digital Economy and Media services during the last week. It also lists events taking place this week.
European Commission event addresses concerns on securing submarine cables
31 March 26
Alessandra Vaes
Stakeholders discussed challenges including the need to strengthen cable repair capacity and response, ensure diversification of cable routes, and address potential regulatory fragmentation. They also highlighted dependencies on non-EU countries for cable infrastructure, with the Commission emphasising the importance of promoting EU-based companies.
AI Omnibus: comparison of positions by Commission, Council and European Parliament
31 March 26
Elisar Bashir
As the inter-institutional negotiations on the AI Omnibus proposal amending the Artificial Intelligence Act get underway, this Cullen International report offers a comparative analysis of the starting positions taken by the EU co-legislators. Both the Council and the European Parliament would amend the AI Act to ban AI systems used to generate or manipulate non-consensual sexual and intimate content (i.e. “nudifier” applications). Both the Council and the EP endorsed a delayed application of the rules for high-risk AI systems, however with a fixed timeline not contingent on the availability of harmonised standards.