Sky has sent an ultimatum to UK based broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Disney and Discovery warning them to get their post-Brexit licensing plans in order by the end of the year, or face being removed off its platform. The Guardian reports that Sky has sent out letters to broadcasters as it says it needs […]
The search for ‘the next big thing’ in UK Children’s Television is gearing up as part of a £60 million (€67.5m) initiative being introduced by Government to support the nation’s vibrant broadcast sector. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced that the Contestable Fund which aims to halt the decline of UK produced children’s content and […]
At the 2018 NAB Show New York, executives from FOX Television Stations; NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Group; Univision; TEGNA (for Pearl TV), and Nexstar Media Group (for SpectrumCo) announced their collaborative effort and support for the introduction of next-generation broadcast TV standard ATSC 3.0, designed to enhance greatly over-the-air services for viewers while bringing […]
Eleven Sports, the OTT sports broadcaster, has confirmed it will abandon its controversial decision to stream La Liga football matches on Saturday afternoons during the traditional UK blackout period for live football. However, the company signalled it is ready to challenge the decades old ruling, and pointed to the fact that the blackout would seem […]
The dominant position of Movistar in Spain’s fibre market is again under fire. Vodafone Spain has filed a complaint before the regulatory body CNMC against Movistar on the grounds that it is using its dominant position in the market to the benefit of its newly-launched O2 brand. Movistar’s O2 is distributing its convergent offer at […]
Creative Content Australia (CCA), an industry organisation committed to raising awareness about the value of copyright and the impact of content theft on the screen industries, has welcomed the introduction of copyright legislation amendments that protect the work of local and global screen content creators. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018, introduced in the […]
In an update to a 2017 national research study, consumers continue to show exceptionally strong interest in the US Next-Gen Television service (also known as ATSC 3.0) that will offer the programming of free live over-the-air TV (such as local news, live sports, programming from ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and other broadcast networks) and adds […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is urging the European Commission to ensure online platforms and advertisers put in place effective procedures and policies to tackle the scourge of fake news. In September 2018, the Sounding Board of the Multistakeholder Forum on Disinformation – of which the EBU is a member – delivered a damning verdict […]
The Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s national competition regulator, is currently examining the conformity with competition law of the cooperation between Sky Deutschland and Perform (operator of the DAZN streaming service) for broadcasting the Champions League in Germany. In a tender conducted by UEFA in 2017, Sky acquired the broadcasting rights for all matches in the period between 2018 […]
Declaring himself to be “really passionate about UK creativity”, Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, has suggested that the unit’s success will come from a focus on British-driven creativity, “absolutely” looking for the finest premium content. “We’re a global company, but we’re powered by British creativity,” he asserted. “We are very, very focused on high-end, […]