Following successful legal action taken by Sky, Trevor Fitzpatrick, the licensee of Gerald Griffin Bar, Cork, in the Republic of Ireland, has been ordered to pay damages of €37,800 for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in his premises. He was also ordered to pay costs. Sky was seeking damages of €11,340 […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom is consulting on a request from the UK’s main mobile network operators to make technical changes to their spectrum licences, to help support the rollout of ultrafast mobile services. EE, Hutchison, Telefónica and Vodafone have asked Ofcom to vary their licences in the 3.4 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands. […]
PVR specialist TiVo, via its Rovi owner, has hit cable giant Comcast with another patent misuse legal action and alleging that Comcast is infringing six of its technology patents. Specifically, TiVo/Rovi is arguing in a Los Angeles federal court that Comcast’s X1 video recording hardware and software infringed six TiVo/Rovi patents. The alleged misuse covers […]
The UK High Court ruling against alternative provider of wholesale full fibre network infrastructure CityFibre in the challenge to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over fibre advertising is a disappointment to operators building full fibre networks, the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA) has said. The ruling dismissed CityFibre’s request for a Judicial Review of ASA’s […]
Following the European Parliament’s vote on the ‘Platform-to-Business’ (P2B) Regulation on April 17th, broadcaster associations in Europe have issued the following statement: “We welcome the adoption of the Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, also known as P2B Regulation. This outcome is a first step towards balancing online […]
Social media sharing app TikTok has been removed from Apple and Google app stores in India. The move follows a ruling by the Madras High Court, which ordered its removal over concerns that it was being used to spread adult content. TikTok has more than 120 million users in India, mostly teenagers, but has faced […]
A Spanish court – Audiencia Provincial de Madrid – has ruled that media group Prisa, former owner of Canal Plus, must pay €51 million to TV group Mediapro for damages in the so-called TV football war. The conflict, which took place way back in 2007, saw Prisa accuse Mediapro of breaking a contract and it […]
The Council of the European Union has given the green light to the new Copyright Directive which the European Commission says will bring concrete benefits to citizens, the creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators, and cultural heritage institutions. The reform will adapt copyright rules to today’s world, where music streaming services, video-on-demand platforms, news aggregators […]
US President Donald Trump has declared that the United States must win the race to provide 5G networks, and that American companies must lead the world in cellular technology. Addressing a White House event on 5G deployment attended by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Trump said that people were there to discuss a critical issue for […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, Andrew Lynn, the Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Manager of Crown Hotel in Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland, has been ordered to pay £10,000 (€11,585) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in his premises. He must also pay Sky’s costs and fund the […]