France’s telecoms regulator Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes) has ruled on a fibre access dispute between dominant telco Orange and Free, clarifying the terms governing Free’s access to the Orange FTTH networks that it is co-financing. France’s main national operators have chosen to build a new Fibre to the Home […]
Following votes taken by the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee regarding online copyright rules in Europe, Investment bank Exane/BNPP, in its note to clients June 21st, has offered its observations, saying: “In a way, this new set of laws (if adopted) could be somewhat of a ‘GDPR’ moment for online publishers and platforms. We expect […]
Colin Browne, Chairman of Voice of the Listener and Viewer, a British consumer group which champions public service broadcasting, has warned that the forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference poses a threat to the future of public service broadcasters should spectrum currently used for terrestrial broadcasting be allocated to services such as mobile, calling on government and […]
Sony Pictures TV is merging its international TV operations, and in the process bringing together various international TV operations, channels, home entertainment and sales activity. There will be job losses, although according to reports a number of Sony senior executives have already departed. The aim is to bring together the various, and often quite disparate, […]
Transport for London (TfL) has successfully prosecuted UK multiplay telco Virgin Media for five street works-related offences committed on the Transport for London Road Network. The works took place in Wandsworth High Street, Stonecote Hill and Wickham Road between October and December 2017. TfL must be notified of works being carried out on its road […]
A number of representative bodies have commented on votes taken by the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs which could lead to major changes to European copyright law The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) welcome the vote in favour of […]
The Spanish regulatory body CNMC has warned that the second digital dividend will see DTT operators lose 30 per cent of their capacity. The release of the 700 MHz band to the benefit of 5G services – a migration to be completed in 2020 if no moratorium- is likely to put at risk the new […]
Guy North has announced he is to step down as Managing Director of UK digital terrestrial free-to-air platform Freeview in October. He was appointed MD in June 2014, having joined as Marketing & Communications Director three years earlier. He spearheaded the launch of Freeview Play in 2015, which was accompanied by a full brand relaunch […]
One year ago, and when Intelsat’s share price was at a pretty miserable $3 a share its prospects were far from good. Burdened by a massive debt load, it was no surprise that the sharks were circling. Yesterday, Intelsat’s share price ended a whisker away from $20 (and with a 26.8 per cent rise at […]
An updated framework for wayleaves – rights of way granted by a landowner, generally in exchange for payment and typically for purposes such as the development of infrastructure – has been developed by the CLA, the membership organisation for owners of land, property and business in rural England and the NFU, the representation body for […]