The Federal Communications Commission on May 19th took the first steps toward dismantling the regulatory framework created in 2015 to protect net neutrality. But a new Consumer Reports survey found that a majority of Americans value those protections. The 2015 rules were designed by the FCC under former chairman Tom Wheeler to safeguard consumers from […]
Ooyala, provider of video monetisation technology and services, has filed a lawsuit against rival Brightcove. Ooyala claims Brightcove has misappropriated proprietary trade secrets to undermine Ooyala’s sales efforts for Brightcove’s benefit throughout Latin America. Ooyala is seeking an injunction in federal court in Boston to stop Brightcove’s alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, and is asking […]
Content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca has acquired Squadeo, a global provider of secure cross-platform OTT premium video solutions for the TV industry. The integration of Squadeo’s multimedia QuickPlayer further strengthens Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player (CSP) offering, enabling an end-to-end solution for delivering live and VoD content to PC, Mac and connected mobile devices, […]
A meeting of Greece’s broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio & Television (NCRTV) says that the nation can only support between four and six privately-owned commercial network TV channels. The meeting with the regulator was attended by the recently restructured national public broadcaster (ERT), digital TV transmission system provider Digea, and the National Technical University of […]
Helen Burrows, Head of Policy at BT, has called for the UK government to take policy decisions that she suggests would lead to a more connected society, building on the UK telco’s IPTV network. Delivering a keynote address at the IDATE Digiworld Summit in London, Burrows noted that despite broadband availability of around 95 per […]
Nokia and Apple have settled all litigation related to their intellectual property dispute and agreed a multi-year patent licence. “This is a meaningful agreement between Nokia and Apple,” said Maria Varsellona, Chief Legal Officer at Nokia, responsible for Nokia’s patent licensing business. “It moves our relationship with Apple from being adversaries in court to business […]
CBS has signed a new employment agreement with chairman and CEO Les Moonves with a two-year extension that will keep him at the company to June 2021. The agreement also provides for Moonves to become a senior advisor to the company for an additional five years. He also has an option to establish a production […]
South African conglomerate Naspers is reportedly looking to sell its pay-TV business over Africa. Reports in the local press say that South Africa’s telco giant MTN was one potential buyer. The disposal is said NOT to include Multichoice’s South African pay-TV business, but only those businesses which operate over the rest of Africa. Both Naspers […]
On the occasion of the European Film Forum at the Cannes Film Festival, over 80 of Europe’s filmmakers have set out their vision for Europe’s policies on copyright and culture, warning that while the dream of an EU single market can be enticing, such a project would undermine Europe’s cultural diversity. They also call for […]
BBC Worldwide is reported to be considering the closure of its BBC Store, its transactional VoD service, just 18 months after its launch. The Telegraph says the service may shut down the Store after it failed to hit commercial targets. BBC Worldwide launched the download-to-own service in November 2015 with access to a 7,000 hour […]