A group of US YouTubers is suing the video-sharing website and parent company Google, claiming both discriminate against LGBT-themed videos and their creators. The group claims YouTube restricts advertising on LGBT videos and limits their reach and discoverability. The group is hoping a jury will hear its case in California. The legal action makes a […]
France is to consider measures to liberalise the TV advertising market, according to Bloomberg. The report says that France’s parliament will open up discussions early next year. If this happens it could generate a windfall for broadcasters worth up to an extra €360 million in overall revenues made up of some €200 million in extra […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has shared with his colleagues a draft Order that would approve, subject to conditions, the proposed $146 billion (€131bn) merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. “After one of the most exhaustive merger reviews in Commission history, the evidence conclusively demonstrates that this transaction will bring fast 5G wireless service to many […]
Get It Right (From A Genuine Site) – the UK consumer education initiative that engages fans in new and exciting ways to encourage them to value the creative process and to access content legally – is moving to its next phase. This follows in-depth research, including focus groups, with the target audience of 16-24 year […]
TV commercials from food giant Mondelez and German car manufacturer Volkswagen are the first to be banned under new UK gender stereotyping rules. A ban on ads featuring “harmful gender stereotypes” or those which are likely to cause “serious or widespread offence” came into force in June. The first banned ad, for Philadelphia cheese, showed […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM was in trouble because of alleged breaches of the US Federal ‘Telephone Consumer Protection Act’. It meant potential breaches of Federal telemarketing rules and where consumers had pre-registered for ‘Do Not Call’ notifications, either nationally or on the company’s own lists. SiriusXM, despite initially firmly denying any wrong-doing, has now reached a […]
Following the favourable opinion from French audiovisual regulator the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel) on July 17th and the authorisation issued August 12th by the Autorité de la concurrence, France’s national competition regulator, public service broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions have announced that the Salto SVoD joint venture will be able to start operations. […]
The largest streaming platforms in Spain pay little money to the Spanish Treasury. Netflix, for example – which doubled its profits in 2018 to €1.1 billion – only paid €3,100 in tax that year, the same amount as a worker with an annual salary of €24,000. HBO paid in €45,200 in taxes in 2017. Other […]
UK government is considering giving Ofcom powers to fine video-sharing apps and websites.The proposal would mean Ofcom could impose multi-million pound fines if the platforms have failed to prevent youngsters seeing pornography, violence and other harmful material. The regulator would take charge of the matter from September 19th 2020. The move is to meet the […]
In its latest filing the C-Band Alliance (CBA) is being ultra-polite in suggesting that a submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by the America’s Communications Association’s Connects Coalition (ACACC) “lacks significant detail”, is “mistaken”, “fails to articulate”, “a gross misunderstanding”, is “impossible to achieve”, “faulty assumptions”, “half-baked” and just to rub home the message […]