Mobile telephony standards body 3GPP has added features to its Release 14 designed to enable mobile networks to deliver television services in new and improved ways. Television and content providers may now directly provide their services over standardised interfaces. Among the many enhancements to the system, highlights include greater radio broadcast range, free-to-air services and […]
The BBC must broadcast more original UK programmes under new rules set out by broadcasting regulator Ofcom designed to ensure the broadcaster offers high-quality, distinctive programmes for its entire audience. Viewers have told Ofcom that programmes made in the UK are important to them. Original content can also help the BBC meet duties under its […]
The FT reports that satellite operator ViaSat of California will sue Inmarsat over what ViaSat describes as “blatant misuse of [satellite] spectrum, which must stop now”. UK regulator Ofcom this week granted Inmarsat a licence to operate its system. ViaCom already has legal actions in Germany, Belgium, Italy as well as with the European Court […]
The National Association of Broadcasters – the premier advocacy association for America’s broadcasters – has defended the future adoption and potential of the ATSC 3.0 ‘Next Gen TV’ broadcast transmission standard following comments by FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who criticised the current proposal for voluntary adoption of the standard, suggesting that the Commission should take […]
Amazon has suspended Roy Price head of Amazon Studios who is accused of sexually harassing Isa Hackett, the producer of one its best-known show, The Man in the High Castle. Amazon announced that Price had been placed on an immediate leave of absence, while it investigated the allegations. Price has yet to comment. In light […]
Sky has announced its Q1 results (to September 30th) saying there were 160,000 new customers (up 51 per cent) during the quarter-year, helping to drive like-for-like revenues up 5 per cent to £3.3 billion (€3.68bn), and an 11 per cent increase in EBITDA to £582 million. CEO Jeremy Darroch reminded analysts that it had launched […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published a progress update on work to clear spectrum in the 700MHz band, to make it available for mobile broadband use. In November 2014, Ofcom decided to make spectrum in the 700MHz band available for mobile data as soon as practicably possible. This involves clearing some of the spectrum currently […]
Six licensees in the northwest of England have been found guilty of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. In the first of three cases, Janet Ferguson, Lisa Kaye and Arnold Martin of The Mayflower in Bootle, Merseyside, were found guilty in their absence […]
A bankruptcy court in Florida has ruled that Amit Bhalla, a retailer of IPTV streaming devices with unauthorised channels, cannot use a bankruptcy case to shield himself from monetary liability for copyright infringement. In 2016, the US District Court for the Central District of California issued a permanent injunction halting the unlawful distribution of television […]
US cable industry research and development lab CableLabs has completed the Full Duplex DOCSIS 3.1 specification, designed to help cable operators find cost-effective solutions to meet the growing demand for faster broadband speeds. “In the United States, more than 90 per cent of households are connected to an HFC (hybrid fibre-coaxial) network, and consumers typically […]