Altice Portugal will challenge the decision from the National Communications Authority (Anacom) to force the company to reduce the prices it charges for DTT distribution by 15.16 per cent. According to the operator, Anacom’s decision “has deepened the framework of legal uncertainty and of regulatory breach that have marked the DTT project, seriously compromising the […]
Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network, already in a serious carriage dispute with Hispanic service provider Univision, has increased the pressure by issuing a lawsuit alleging that Univision has infringed Dish’s streaming patents. Univison channels have been absent from Dish since last July. The specific patents cover adaptive bit-rate streaming, which is the technology that works to […]
South Africa’s public broadcaster SABC, already knee deep in allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement, has been fined by the country’s Competition Commissioner, along with two other media businesses, for price fixing of trading conditions. The sums involved, spread over the three offenders, amount to “millions of Rand”. The trio have reached consent settlements with […]
Italian online broadcasters will soon be required to clearly indicate movies, TV series and documentaries produced in Italy in their online catalogues. Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has mandated that broadcasters providing streaming services will have to include the indication of origin on all content (such as “Made in Italy’, “Italy” or “Ita”). Services that will […]
Spanish regulatory body CNMC is to put an end to the abuse of the dominant position in the TV ad market from the two largest broadcasters, Mediaset and Atresmedia. CNMC will prohibit them from selling joint or packaged advertising on their TV channels, aiming to eliminate unfair competition practices and entry barriers to the benefit […]
Research analysis by three US academics has found that a moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and the retailer – and not at the expense of consumers. “When information goods are sold to consumers via a retailer, in certain situations, a moderate level of […]
Building on the momentum of successful actions curtailing piracy device sellers and illegal streaming applications, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has reached a settlement with the operators of streaming media device Dragon Box. On behalf of its […]
Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari, CEO at Qatar-based Es’hailSat, has called into question the role of intergovernmental agencies, such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and their lack of action over the on-going piracy by Saudi Arabia of beIN Media’s channels and in particular sports transmissions. There is consistent wholesale piracy of beIN’s output by beoutQ, […]
The UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd MP, has welcomed news that Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, will hire 3,000 new trainees – of which around 1,600 are newly created roles – over the next 12 months. The announcement is an extension of Openreach’s largest ever recruitment drive, with 6,500 […]
Open Fiber, the sole wholesale-only player in the Italian broadband market, has selected Nokia for a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout that will bring ultra-broadband services to the small towns and rural areas of Italy. The Open Fiber network will bring optical fibre from a point of presence to the customer’s home and deliver speeds of up […]