EU plans to curb geo-blocking by firms online

Tired of not being able to download films, TV shows or music, or catch-up with the latest soap, or buy from the cheapest website because of where you live?

So is Andrus Ansip, the EU’s digital tsar, who has declared war on companies that build digital borders, known as geo-blocking, to increase profits.

The former prime minister of Estonia, one of the world’s most advanced web countries, was furious recently when he was blocked from watching his local basketball team on Estonian TV as he was not in the country.