Local businesses in areas covered by the UK Government’s rollout of superfast broadband have seen a combined £9 billion (€10.05bn) increase in turnover since the boost to their broadband speed, new figures have revealed. The report, The Evaluation of the Economic Impact and Public Value of the Superfast Broadband Programme, is an independent assessment of […]
SES is urging its C-band clients in the US to ensure that their receiving dishes are properly licensed with the FCC. A White Paper, originally written back in April, is being re-publicised with the headline “urgent attention required” because any unregistered C-band antennas must be notified to the FCC by October 17th in order to […]
The controversy over which satellite is illegally beaming out pirated signals deepened with a statement August 16th from Qatar-based beIN Sports. The broadcaster accuses beoutQ and Arabsat as facilitating blatant sports piracy “on an industrial scale”. beIN says that independent examinations by three of the world’s “leading digital security, media solutions and technology companies” have […]
Warren Gleave, of Burnley in the northwest of England, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison having been found guilty of selling illicit streaming devices pre-loaded with premium content. Gleave was sentenced at Burnley Crown Court and was immediately taken into custody. Over a three year period, Gleave unlawfully made in excess of £200,000 […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), the media industry’s international business network, has announced the release of a new technical specification to support the mastering and international exchange of content: SMPTE TSP 2121:2018 IMF Application DPP (ProRes). The new specification builds on the existing Interoperable Master Format (IMF) standard developed by the Society of Motion Picture […]
Vodafone Spain has submitted a complaint to regulator CNMC against Movistar over alleged breaches of competition rules in its football pay-TV offers. Vodafone has asked the CNMC to step-in and order Movistar to eliminate its promotion of free-of-charge football until 2019 arguing that it is an abuse of a dominant position to the detriment of […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into whether celebrities are making it clear when they are paid to endorse a product on social media. The CMA said social media influencers have the power to influence the shopping habits of millions with posts endorsing goods or services, but they may not be […]
As part of its dynamic improvement efforts, US movie industry trade body the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced the first update of its Content Security Best Practices since the formation of the Trusted Partner Network (TPN), which was launched in April 2018 in a joint venture with the Content Delivery and Security […]
YouTube has pulled a five-second teaser trailer for upcoming horror movie The Nun after a number of users complained that it was too frightening. The trailer was essentially a jump-scare tactic similar to the prank videos that were popular in the early days of YouTube, where users would be asked to focus on a small […]
Italy will switch from the MPEG-2 coding in favour of MPEG-4 on the DVB-T standard from January 1st 2020. This decision is included in the schedule for the release of the 700 MHz band, published by the Ministry of Economic Development. The rationale for the adoption of the MPEG-4 format is to enable more efficient […]