Kid’s channel Nickelodeon has seen its broadcasts “suspended” by Pakistan’s media regulator. The suspension took place on October 31st, reports BBC Monitoring. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA) ruled two weeks ago that even those channels which were authorised to be carried by the country’s cable operators had to observe limits on Indian content. Nickelodeon […]
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has sent a Letter of Unresolved Issues to Vodafone and Sky television in relation to their proposed merger announced in June 2016. The letter outlines that on the basis of information gathered to date, the Commission is currently not satisfied that the proposed merger will not have, or would not be […]
Changes to fixed broadband advertised price claims have come into force after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) signalled that transparency in broadband price ads must improve if advertisers are to be confident that their ads will not mislead consumers and risk being banned. From now on, in order for broadband providers to ensure they stay […]
Last week’s heavyweight rejection of the Greek government’s handling of an auction covering the ‘flagship’ licensing of four TV channels has forced a rethink. On October 31st, a cross-party meeting is scheduled to be held in an attempt to re-convene Greece’s National Broadcasting Council (ESR). The idea seems to be that the ESR could issue […]
The German state officials have voted against lowering the nationwide broadcast contribution charge that is mandatory for all households. The officials voted unanimously that the fee should remain at €17.50 per month rather than drop to €17.20. The broadcast charge, which has existed since 2013 and is mandatory for all hosueholds, goes towards funding the […]
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office is calling for views on the European Commission’s draft legislation to modernise the European copyright framework. On 14 September 2016, the European Commission published draft legislation aimed at modernising the European copyright framework. This legislation includes: a draft Regulation on the exercise of copyright and related rights in certain online […]
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) – the international counterpart of the Motion Picture Association of America – has obtained UK High Court Orders requiring the five major UK ISPs to block access to thirteen websites dedicated to making copyright infringing material available for free on a large scale. The blocks are set to go live […]
The UK Spectrum Policy Forum (SPF) has launched a report on the critical success factors for deployment of 5G in the UK. The report prepared by Analysys Mason on behalf of the SPF, summarises the UK wireless industry’s views on how 5G will be introduced into the UK market, and the resulting spectrum implications. Based […]
The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) – a trade grouping that supports and represents those who build the nuts and bolts of the Internet – has submitted a comment in the form of a letter for the 2016 Special 301 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious Markets (a term used in the United States to describe […]
Eutelsat’s spat with Kurdish-backed Med Nuçe TV is being heard in the Paris Constitutional Court. Eutelsat took the channel down on October 3rd. A hearing before the Court was held in public on October 26th. A report in the Kurdish press said that Eutelsat’s lawyer confirmed that the channel had been taken down following a […]