UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky showed a hard-hitting sexually explicit movie at 21.00 immediately after having screened 5 back-to-back episodes of The Simpsons. Broadcasting regulator Ofcom, in its report on a complaint received regarding strong language and sex scenes within an 18-rated action-thriller movie ‘Wanted’, said: “The complainant said that her 11-year-old son was watching and […]
Insight TV, one of the world’s largest UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content, has announced two key appointments in a continued effort of growth and expansion. Newly hired Robert Gold has been appointed Vice President of Distribution for the Americas and Jonathan Shrank, has been promoted to Vice President, Distribution, EMEA, effective […]
The European Commission has presented measures to ensure that intellectual property rights are well protected, thereby encouraging European companies, in particular SMEs and start-ups, to invest in innovation and creativity. The EC said the initiatives would make it easier to act efficiently against breaches of intellectual property rights, facilitate cross-border litigation, and tackle the fact […]
Discovery Communications is transforming the structure of its regional businesses across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). As a result, effective immediately, Kasia Kieli has been named President & Managing Director, EMEA. Discovery has made substantial investments across EMEA in recent years, from its acquisition of Eurosport and premium sporting rights, including the Olympic Games […]
Satellite operator EchoStar, controlled by Charlie Ergen, is sitting on a cash pile of a huge $2.8 billion (€2.36bn), plus another $500 million of marketable securities, and is currently not doing anything with this ‘war chest’. Equity analysts at investment bank Jefferies have carried out a study to examine whether a hypothetical bid for Inmarsat […]
ARRIS International has completed its acquisition of the Ruckus Wireless and ICX Switch business from Broadcom. With this acquisition, ARRIS builds on a leadership position in networking and entertainment for service providers while expanding into new enterprise and vertical markets. ARRIS says the deal strategically positions it for a new phase of growth by leveraging the […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the case of VCAST Limited v RTI SpA that the making available of copies of television programmes saved in the cloud must be authorised by the holder of the copyright or related rights, as the service constitutes a retransmission of the programmes concerned. […]
Matt Brittin, President of EMEA Business & Operations, Google, has admitted that the web giant could do more in its efforts to combat breaches of copyright on its YouTube platform. Speaking at a Royal Television Society Event in London, Brittin noted that there had never been a better time to build an audience. “There’s three […]
Findings from a research project undertaken by Portuguese and US academics suggest that subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have a limited effect on digital piracy, with earlier access to content at much lower prices than those currently offered in the marketplace more effective remedies. In the experiment, Miguel Godinho de Matos (Católica Lisbon School of Business […]
UK Government has lined up Terry Burns, a former C4 chairman, as chair of media regulator Ofcom. Burns was named by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as the preferred candidate. He will replace Patricia Hodgson, who announced her retirement from the role in May of this year, following a pre-appointment hearing on […]