UK broadcast industry professional media network Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has released the first ever assessment of where broadcasters, producers and suppliers can expect to see the greatest return on investment from committing to IP-based production. The DPP Survey Report: The Business Benefits of IP Production is the result of extensive research with companies from […]

In-flight entertainment suppliers Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), already facing a number of challenges in terms of a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation and a number of legal Class Action potential claims from shareholders, could find itself struck off the important NASDAQ stock exchange. NASDAQ has said that GEE is late with its annual financial […]

Music service Spotify has acquired MightyTV, a specialist in the use of machine learning for personalised TV recommendations. MightyTV founder and CEO Brian Adams will join Spotify as vice-president of technology, using his knowledge of programmatic advertising and personalised recommendations to help develop the platform’s ad products. “The content recommendation system MightyTV has built is […]

Banking group Barclays has launched a £100 million (€116m) fund to provide UK TV production companies improved access to finance and enhance their ability to compete internationally. The fund, the first of its kind from a major UK bank, has been established with new financing products that have been designed to meet the evolving needs […]

IABM has announced that the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has been endorsed as an Industry Collaborative Group (ICG) under IABM’s ICG Endorsement Programme. DPP joins AIMS, MOS Development Group, SMPTE and Video Services Forum in meeting strict collaborative criteria to achieve endorsement, including; beneficial to the industry; non-discriminatory membership policy; open, standards-based approach; non-profit; and […]

Dominant UK telco BT is to be fined £42 million (€48.5m) for what regulator Ofcom describes as a “serious” breach of its rules, after the company reduced compensation payments to other telecoms providers for late installations. The penalty is a result of an investigation by Ofcom into BT’s infrastructure arm, Openreach. BT has apologised “wholeheartedly” […]

Mark Elliot, Executive Vice President US Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center has expressed his support of the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act, which would make the Register of Copyrights a position nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The proposed legislation was the result of a bipartisan, bicameral effort […]

Satellite builder Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) is suing Washington-based Orbital ATK in an action that alleges breach of confidentiality. According to a filing made at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, SS/L alleges that it has been notified by NASA that an employee of rival satellite builder Orbital ATK illegally accessed SS/L […]

An EU-wide survey carried out by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shows that 97 per cent of all EU citizens believe it is important that inventors, creators and performing artists can protect their rights and be paid for their work. The survey questioned 26,555 people aged 15 and over across the EU-28 about […]