Sky has hit back in its carriage dispute with Discovery, which threatens to see the removal of 12 of the programmer’s channels from its pay-TV and NOW TV services, accusing it of “misleading claims and aggressive actions”. In a Statement posted on its website, Sky says it has worked “really hard” for more than a […]
A scheme introduced in 2013 by US content creators in the movie and music industries and leading IPSs in which consumers received ‘copyright alerts’ when they viewed peer-to-peer pirated content is to cease. The February 2013 implementation of the Copyright Alert System (CAS) scheme marked the culmination of many months of work on the collaborative […]
BT TV added 52,000 subscribers during its third quarter, bringing the total to 1.7 million. BT Sport’s average audience figures increased 15 per cent, excluding Showcase and digital channels. Across the Group, revenue was £6.128 billion (€5.57bn), up 32 per cent. BT Sport programme rights charges were £187 million, up £25 million, mainly as a […]
Multi-channel broadcaster Discovery is ramping up its public relations campaign in support of its retransmission dispute with Sky, which has seen Discovery threaten to axe its 12 channels from Sky and NOW TV after January 31st, by reporting widespread public and celebrity support. According to Discovery, the Internet has been set alight by a social […]
It’s like the 70s all over again, suddenly the world is all about brinkmanship. President Trump seems keen to confront all except President Putin, his only serious rival for biggest ego on the planet. But they’ll fall out and the planets will collide; hopefully in a hissy twitter spat rather than a shooting war. Talking […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has welcomed the vote by the European Parliament’s Industry Committee on the long-term future of the UHF frequencies. The vote validates an EU interinstitutional agreement on access to UHF spectrum below 700 MHz for terrestrial TV broadcasting until at least 2030. Public service media make their channels available on all […]
Sky’s results could be a worry to Rupert and James Murdoch. Despite the operating profit tumbling 9 per cent for the half-year to December 31st (blamed mostly on the cost of acquiring Premier League football), the market took the view that its 6 per cent organic growth was – in the main – good news. […]
Brian Thompson, a shopkeeper in the North East of England, has pleaded not guilty in a landmark case, challenging the legality of video-streaming set-top boxes that provide subscription content for free. Thompson is accused of selling “fully loaded” Kodi boxes, modified with software that allowed users to watch pirated content. The trial will begin in […]
Russia has permanently blocked access to online video portal DailyMotion – owned by French media group Vivendi – following a complaint from Gazprom’s media division that the site was illegally hosting TV content. The Moscow city court ruled that DailyMotion had repeatedly violated Russia’s copyright law by hosting shows from Russian TV network Pyatnitsya!, owned […]
The Director General of Russia’s state-owned Voronezh rocket engine site, Ivan Koptev has “tendered his resignation” according to Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. There have been considerable anxieties over rocket failures and quality control issues at the plant. Koptev was responsible for the Soyuz and Proton rocket engines built at the site. The facility has a […]