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Ofcom: “Fair treatment, fair prices for customers”

Phone and broadband customers can easily compare which providers offer the best service and value for money, thanks to new performance scorecards published by Ofcom. As part of a new initiative from the UK Regulators Network (UKRN), regulators in telecoms, water, energy and banking have partnered to compare how customers rate the biggest companies who […]

January 9, 2020

Ofcom UK full fibre plan

Homes and businesses up and down the UK are set to benefit from much faster and more reliable fibre broadband, under major proposals set out by comms regulator Ofcom. As demand for Internet data accelerates, the UK’s infrastructure needs to be upgraded. Full-fibre broadband connections can deliver much faster speeds than copper – up to […]

January 8, 2020By Colin Mann

Anti-piracy boost for South American football

CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, has selected digital platform security specialist Irdeto to provide services that will protect its brand and combat piracy of live football matches. CONMEBOL licenses to several operators and broadcasters worldwide for tournaments such as the CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL Sudamericana, CONMEBOL Copa América and CONMEBOL Recopa, and […]

January 8, 2020By Colin Mann

Survey: Half of Brits want end of BBC licence

A YouGov poll for The Times suggests that half of Britons support a commercial model for the BBC and would like the broadcaster to make its money through advertisements or subscriptions. According to the poll, just one in four favour the current compulsory licence fee system as the way to fund the BBC. During the […]

January 3, 2020By Colin Mann

Australia: Online content piracy decreasing

The latest research from Australia’s Department of Communications and the Arts shows the consumption of online content continues to grow and online copyright infringement continues to trend down. This year, more than 2,400 responses were received for the Consumer survey on online copyright infringement 2019, showing that Australians are downloading, streaming and sharing more content […]

December 27, 2019By Colin Mann

Illegal streamer sentenced

Following a guilty plea of copyright and fraud charges earlier this year for selling subscriptions providing illegally obtained content, a man has been sentenced at Truro Crown Court in the southwest of England. Steven Underwood (also known as Steven Isaac) has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after he previously pleaded […]

December 23, 2019By Colin Mann

South Africa merges key regulators

Three South African media regulators are to be merged, according to communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. There will be a new name, and ICASA (the Independent Communications Authority), the Film and Publication Board (FBP) and ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) will be affected. No date was given for the implementation, but the Minister told journalists that […]

December 23, 2019By Chris Forrester

Former France Télécom execs jailed

The former boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a restructuring policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s. Didier Lombard was jailed for a year, as were Louis-Pierre Wenès and Olivier Barberot, although eight months were suspended. The company, now Orange, was fined €75,000. The court examined 39 […]

December 20, 2019

STELA Act to expire

The controversial US Satellite Television Extension & Localism Act (STELA) will come to an end on December 31st. Two new Bills will replace it: The Television Viewer Protection Act (TVPA) which makes the “good faith” supply of distant signals permanent, and the Satellite Television Community Protection & Promotion Act. However, it is not totally clear […]

December 20, 2019By Chris Forrester

Survey: 63% of Indonesians streaming pirates

A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Indonesian consumers, revealed that nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of online Indonesian consumers have accessed streaming piracy websites or torrent sites to access premium content without paying any subscription fees. The survey, commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted […]

December 20, 2019By Colin Mann