European Union Court of Justice Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona has proposed that the Court declare that the Italian legislation preventing Vivendi from acquiring 28 per cent of the share capital of Mediaset is contrary to EU law, finding that it disproportionately hinders the freedom of establishment in view of the objective of protecting information pluralism. […]
RTVE has upgraded its satellite TV channels for the European market with the launch of its flagship channels TVE Internacional and Canal 24 Horas in HD using the DVB-S2 standard. The Spanish operator will be simulcasting the two channels on Astra and Eutelsat Hot Bird for two and a half months until February 29th so […]
Charlie Ergen made an appearance in a Manhattan Federal Court on December 18th and faced tough questioning in regard to his plans to launch a US-wide wireless service provider. California’s Deputy Attorney General Paula Blizzard had travelled to New York to question Ergen and accused him of having a long history of broken promises in […]
The hope that the C-Band Alliance might get Congressional support for its 5G/C-band plan failed when US legislators disagreed and determined there was no longer time to further discuss the proposal ahead of Congress having their Christmas break. The failure means that the FCC will now likely determine how the proposed auction revenues are divided […]
A 2018 episode of Celebrity Big Brother was the most complained-about TV show of the decade, new figures from broadcast watchdog Ofcom reveal. As the 2010s draw to a close, Ofcom has published the ten television programmes that drew the most complaints from viewers over the last ten years. More than 25,000 people complained about […]
The past few weeks has seen the share prices of the two main satellite operators – Intelsat and SES – hammered by the market, anxious that an FCC-controlled auction of C-band spectrum is going to mean minimum revenue benefits for the operators. Bloomberg, in a report, says that a “catastrophic” November which led to Intelsat […]
The SRT Alliance, supporting the SRT Open Source Project, has announced that Alibaba Cloud, Internet Initiative Japan, Kiswe, and Red5 Pro have joined the SRT Alliance showing their support of the cross industry adoption of the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) Open Source protocol and technology. This brings the total number of SRT Alliance members to […]
In a surprise move, Nicky Morgan is to continue as the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport despite having stood down as an MP prior to the General Election. Morgan has been made an unelected life peer to serve in parliament’s upper chamber, and will be called Baroness Morgan, a move […]
The FCC held a meeting last week part of the agenda was the planned auction of C-band spectrum over the US and offered up by four satellite operators; Intelsat, SES, Telesat and Eutelsat. Some of the FCC all-important Commissioners have now been quoted favourably supporting prompt action on getting the auction up and running. Commissioner […]
The UK government is considering whether failure to pay the TV licence fee should cease to be a criminal offence, Treasury minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed. Sunak revealed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the sanction for non-payment of the £154.50 charge, which funds the BBC. Prosecution for non-payment of the […]