Charlie Ergen’s joint-venture in Dish Mexico with billionaire Carlos Slim’s Telmex operation has been hit with a fine by Mexico’s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) for failing to observe the rules of its DTH concession to operate over Mexico. However, the problem is not likely to ruffle too many feathers. The Telmex fine was for […]
EU Competition Authorities have reportedly given the greenlight for 21st Century Fox to acquire full control of Sky plc. The acquisition, agreed last December, has also been referred to Ofcom by Karen Bradley, the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The regulator now has 40 working days to decide whether the bid […]
The Financial Times is reporting that there may be challenges ahead for the proposed takeover by 21st Century Fox of Sky’s European assets. The risks focus on the recent problems at 21stC’s Fox news division with a slew of problems, not least recent allegations of sexual impropriety at Fox News, which – says the newspaper […]
Ryan Baker, of Baker Marquart, the law firm acting for OTT streaming service FilmOn X, has filed a petition for rehearing en banc (a session in which a case is heard before all the judges of a court [before the entire bench] rather than by a panel of judges selected from them) in respect of […]
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have urged EU decision makers to give citizens the keys to enjoy more TV and radio programmes from across Europe, which they suggest can be done through new copyright licensing rules which meet the needs of the Digital Single Market. At an event April […]
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has started legal proceedings against Mediapro, operator of beIN Sports and beIN LaLiga, over possible anti-competitive practices in the OTT TV market. The investigation has been opened following a complaint by Obwan Networks and Services, which distributes sports content through its OTT […]
The strike at Arianespace’s Kourou spaceport in French Guiana has become even more bitter. Demonstrators gained access to a – normally – highly secure suite of offices and occupied the space centre’s main conference room, and refused to quit. Moreover, the space centre’s director Guillaume Faure, could not muster up enough police to evict the […]
With the clock set on the Brazilian government’s transition from analogue digital broadcasting, a process which started in 2016 and is scheduled to cover several phases until 2018 for the entire territory, a number of free-to-air TV stations have complained that the country’s main distributors – SKY Brasil (owned by AT&T/DirectTV), Net & Claro (owned by […]
The town of Cannes is partnering with exhibition organiser Reed MIDEM and broadcaster Canal+ to launch Cannes Series, a Festival showcasing the best international TV series. The inauguaral event is scheduled to take place in April 2018 wrapped around Reed MIDEM’s existing MIPTV market. At a briefing event announcing the Festival, David Lisnard, Mayor of […]
The web’s creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told the BBC that UK plans to weaken encryption are wrong and he also promised to battle any moves by the Trump administration to weaken net neutrality. As he was accepting the Turing Award Sir Tim said moves to undermine encryption would be a “bad idea” and represent […]