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 […]
President Trump has repealed Obama-era broadband privacy rules. Republicans in Congress last week narrowly passed the repeal of the privacy rules with no Democratic support and over the strong objections of privacy advocates. The repeal is seen as a big win which is a win for AT&T, Comcast and Verizon Communications. It withdraws regulations adopted […]
Two men convicted of conspiracy to defraud Virgin Media have been sentenced at Leicester Crown Court. Manish Javahar of Leicester pleaded guilty of Conspiracy to defraud and was sentenced to 21 months, Bobby Bhairon of Coventry also pleaded guilty to and was sentenced to 19 months in prison, suspended for two years. The ringleader, Mahesh […]
Japanese TV households will be fully UHD by 2025, according to Masayuki Suga, Deputy Director, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Delivering a Keynote address on ‘Japan’s Road Map for 4K Ultra HD and Beyond’ at MIPTV’s Sony 4K Ultra HD Theatre, Suga told delegates that in 2012, a study group had been on the […]
Digital UK – the body that supports digital terrestrial TV in the UK – has confirmed that following an industry-wide consultation, the TV guide for DTT platform Freeview is set to be updated and expanded on Wednesday August 2nd 2017. This change is designed to increase capacity for the launch of new channels in the […]
The French government has reportedly promised French Guiana a special payment of $4 billion if the region’s strikers end their protest actions. The national strike has closed down all activity at the French-owned spaceport at Kourou and the former prison of Devil’s Island. Two French minsters of state flew to Cayenne last week with the […]
Ofcom is consulting on plans to cut the price BT’s Openreach can charge other telecoms companies for access to its network by up to 40 per cent. Openreach would also face stricter deadlines for repairing faults and installing new lines and face fines for non-compliance. Ofcom said it expects operators to pass the lower access […]
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has issued a tough and uncompromising warning to the few ‘Phase IV’ cable operators that they must switch off their analogue transmissions by tomorrow, April 1st. All of India’s other regions (that is the cities and regions covered by Phases I, II and III) have complied. Phase IV […]
The Ukraine’s National Council for TV and Radio Broadcasting has again refused to re-issue transmission licences to companies broadcasting within the digital terrestrial MX-5 network and affecting 5 channels: Adriana TV, Lider TV, Partner TV, TV Vybor and Novyy Format TV. BBC Monitoring, quoting the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, said an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent said that the […]
Phillip Davies, Head of Content Protection and Cybersecurity, Sky, and Mark Mulready, Senior Director Cybersecurity and Anti-Piracy, Irdeto, have been elected to the roles of Vice President of the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) from April 1st. They succeed Michael Barley of Sky and Christine Maury-Panis from Viaccess-Orca who have held the positions since AAPA – […]