This presentation concerns the reform of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Directive 2010/13/EU) and takes into account the Commission's reform proposal (June 2016), as well as the European Parliament's amendments and Council's progress report (November 2016). Special attention is paid to the amendments to the material scope of the directive, the rules on circumvention of stricter national rules, the protection of minors, audiovisual commercial communications, and the new provisions on national regulatory authorities