Ofcom has confirmed it will launch an investigation into BSkyB over the wholesale supply of its sports channels after a complaint from rival BT. Ofcom said the probe would centre on BT’s claims that the terms on which Sky offered its sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, to BT’s YouView platform amounted to an abuse of Sky’s [...]
The Spanish DTT platform operators must pay back €260 million in state subsidies following the European Commission ruling that the financial aid scheme approved by the Spanish Government to extend DTT across the whole country is in breach of the European legislation. Brussels has concluded that the DTT subsides are illegal as they favoured the terrestrial digital technology to the [...]
The Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) is considering filing a complaint to the European Union against the joint control of Sport TV by Portugal Telecom and Zon Multimedia. The move was announced by LPFP president, Mário Figueiredo, during a Parliamentary hearing with the members of the Committee for Ethics, Citizenship and Communication. During the meeting, he presented the concern of [...]
Indian TV contains very many shows where the ‘anchor’ is a holy man, or guru, and who claim a special ability to make mystical forecasts. Baba Ramdev is one such figure with his own regular TV shows and the ability to draw thousands of devotees to public appearances. His TV ratings measure as high as 26 million to his daily [...]
Greek public broadcaster ERT is expected to be back on the air before June 19th. An Athens court ruled that the closure action by one of the members of the coalition government was illegal. ERT’s three channels went off the air a week ago but web-based ‘broadcasts’ have continued. The court said a plan by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to [...]
France has threatened to block the start of free trade talks between the European Union and the United States if movies and digital media are not kept out the negotiations. On the eve of EU countries supposedly giving the go-ahead for the talks, France said it would veto them unless the sector, which it sees as crucial to its cultural [...]
Belarus has banned satellite dishes on apartment blocks and city buildings. A letter was sent out last week to citizens of its capital city Minsk, reminding them that in accordance with a ruling of May 16th and adopted by the Council of Ministers individual are forbidden to install satellite equipment. A fine of up to 1.5 million Roubles may be [...]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has taken the step of putting Greek broadcaster ERT’s news coverage back on air, allowing Greek satellite subscribers to watch NET, the station’s news channel, on television. Until the afternoon of June 13, ERT’s output was only available via a live stream on the EBU website, redirected from ERT’s signal, which was carried back to [...]
Global Radio is fighting to keep control of GMG Radio, owner of the Real and Smooth networks, and is submitting an appeal against the competition regulator’s order to sell off stations across the UK. The UK’s largest radio operator, owner of network radio brands including Capital, Heart and Real, intends to make a submission to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in [...]
Movie streaming service Netflix does not infringe on Rovi patents for interactive television programme guides, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision. The full commission plans to issue a final decision in the case in October. Last year, Rovi accused several companies of infringing on its patents for on-screen guides for TV listings. LG Electronics and its [...]
