If you try to access online content of your domestic TV stations or streaming services from a foreign country, you will likely be greeted with a notice indicating that the content is only available within the borders of your homeland. Geoblocking is also an established practice in e-commerce with the objective of sharing the European market, which is commonly associated with price discrimination.

In this blog article our fellow Sebastian Schwemer sheds light on the practice of geoblocking within the European Union.