Oscar-winning film producer, Lord (David) Puttnam and University of the Arts London (UAL) have launched a major new educational initiative for the screen industries including film, television, animation, post-production, visual effects, sound and music for moving image, games and immersive realities. The initiative will be delivered by UAL’s London College of Communication, a specialist in […]
Spain’s small DTT channels are demanding compensation for the “abusive profit” made by Cellnex, the domestic broadcasting agency, which has a monopoly on carrying their signals. The channels DKiss, Trece TV, Real Madrid TV and Unidad Editorial, members of the TV Association, Asociación Española de TV privadas digitales terrestres, have submitted a proposal to the […]
The UK’s public service broadcasters – BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – are calling for new rules to ensure their programming receives top billing in the era of on-demand TV viewing. The chief executives of the UK’s biggest public service broadcasters, including STV in Scotland and S4C in Wales, have co-signed a letter, […]
Eleven Sports, the online streaming service, has this season been offering La Liga games at 3.15pm on Saturdays to UK viewers, despite Uefa’s article 48 banning the broadcast of live football between 2.45pm and 5.15pm. The rule, which has been in place since the 1960s, is now only enforced in England, Scotland, and Montenegro as […]
Fifteen TV and film trade associations from around the world have come together at MIPCOM in Cannes, to form the Global Creative Alliance (GCA), a new partnership to encourage more effective international collaboration between producers and increase opportunities for co-productions. Trade bodies from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, […]
The reallocation of satellite C-band frequencies for 5G over the US, already supported by the FCC and likely to be approved by mid-2019 could well be extended to other nations, according to analysis by J. Armand Musey of Summit Ridge Capital. Musey explains the rationale in a highly detailed and compressive study in Summit Ridge’s […]
The FCC has now granted requests from five commercial and public US TV broadcasters for permission to test next-gen TV broadcasts from the transmission facilities of Univision’s KFPH-CD, which began ATSC 3.0 broadcasts last March. “We are delighted to learn this week that the FCC is granting authority for ABC affiliate KNXV, NBC affiliate KPNX, […]
The Isle of Media – the public, private partnership launched to market globally the Isle of Man’s media cluster and guide media ventures locating on the Isle of Man – has released its first promotional video, designed to attract creative and digital businesses to the Isle of Man. The video will be showcased at a […]
Switzerland will abandon DTT broadcasts during 2019 opting instead for more widespread technologies such as cable, Internet and satellite, which also offer the possibility of reception of HD channels. This follows the awarding, by the country’s Federal Council, of a new concession to public broadcaster SSR which will come into force on January 1st 2019 […]
An efficiency review finds the BBC has delivered a third of the £800 million (€915m) of savings needed by 2021/22, but warns it has become increasingly difficult to make more savings without further impacting services. The report shows how cutting property and senior manager costs, renegotiating major contracts and simplifying the BBC have helped ensure […]