Five years ago this week… The European Parliament approved a draft law that geo-blocking, the act of offering an online content service in just one European Union (EU) country, would be scrapped in early 2018. Coupled with laws to end mobile roaming charges in the EU, the OTT industry looked set to flourish in Europe. Nonetheless, content creators argued that the removal of geo-blocking would weaken the financial value of content, while pay TV operators feared a small spate of cord cutting for consumers with multiple properties across the EU. — Just seven weeks since snapping up UK-based recommendations specialist The Filter, 24i Media has a new product to show for it. Many vendor acquisitions don’t bear fruit after seven…