Broadcast Networks Europe (BNE) – the trade organisation for terrestrial broadcast network operators for radio and TV in Europe – has welcomed the key commitments in favour of terrestrial broadcasting from the Parliament, the Council and the Commission in the political agreement announced ahead of the final UHF Band decision: TV broadcasting will retain priority […]
Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe has been appointed Commercial Secretary (Minister of State) at Her Majesty’s Treasury, having previously been a Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since July 2016 following the reallocation of ministerial briefs by new Prime Minister Theresa May. She served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at […]
BBC Studios, the BBC’s TV production arm, has secured approval to launch as a commercial subsidiary and make programmes for other broadcasters and customers. Following an extensive regulatory assessment and public consultation, the BBC Trust has formally approved the proposals, which are supported by Government and Ofcom. The BBC says in an increasingly competitive market, […]
The Productivity Commission, the Australian Government’s principal independent review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation, has suggested that timely and cost-effective access to copyright content is the best way to reduce infringement, recommending that the Government should make it easier for users to access legitimate content by clarifying the law on geoblocking. The […]
Liberty Media Corporation has received all required approvals from all appropriate anti-trust authorities in connection with its pending acquisition of Formula 1. Closing of the Acquisition remains conditioned upon (i) approval by Liberty Media’s stockholders of the issuance of LMCK shares in connection with the Acquisition at a special meeting scheduled for January 17, 2017 […]
A man from the northwest England city of Liverpool has been sentenced to 12 months in custody after pleading guilty to illegally distributing chart hits online, potentially costing the music industry millions of pounds and depriving the creators of the content fair remuneration for their work. In what they describe as a milestone case, the […]
V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, has joined the Society of Motion Pictures & Television Engineers (SMPTE), the organisation whose standards work has supported a century of technological advances in entertainment technology, to join fellow industry leaders in devising standards for software solutions enabling high-quality video experiences. V-Nova will participate with the SMPTE UK […]
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed on how to coordinate the use of the 700 MHz band to bring mobile Internet services to all Europeans and new applications across borders, thus facilitating the introduction of 5G as of 2020. Frequencies in the sub-700 MHz band will remain available, as a priority, […]
The number of UK properties unable to get a decent broadband connection has fallen by one million over the past year, new research by UK comms regulator Ofcom has found. But 1.4 million UK homes and offices – or 5 per cent of properties – remain unable to sign up for broadband speeds over 10 […]
A study conducted ahead of the Parliamentary debate about the BBC’s Royal Charter reveals the British public’s attitude towards the BBC, particularly the licence fee. The study, by research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, shows that 71 per cent of people feel the BBC is important to them personally and 71 per cent are satisfied […]