The FCC issued its formal Order and Public Notices on March 3rd as to how the C-band auction will be managed and the implications for the affected satellite operators. The 406-item Order is crammed full with legal precedents, but little appears to have changed from the Draft Order issued in February. The proposed ‘incentive’ payments […]
BBC Director-General Lord Hall and Chairman Sir David Clementi are to give evidence to the first hearing of the new Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which monitors the policy, administration and expenditure of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and its associated bodies, including the BBC, on behalf of the House of […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content and reducing online piracy – has achieved another significant victory in the effort to protect the legal market for creative content and reduce piracy with the recent closure of Aus Media Streaming, a piracy […]
SES CEO Steve Collar, speaking exclusively to Advanced Television, says that while the company is waiting for the FCC’s final text of its Order in regard to C-band, he was confident that the core terms outlined by the FCC would stay in place, and that SES could totally meet its obligations. He said he was […]
While SES and Telesat were quick to endorse FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s confirmation on February 28th of the C-band proposals to auction and reassign 280 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US, others were less keen. The Small Satellite Operators (including Permira-owned ABS) objected most strongly to the FCC decision. ABS Global Chairman and CEO […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has, as largely expected, endorsed its own draft C-band proposals in its open agenda meeting of the full Commission. FCC departmental staff (notably the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) explained their proposals, which didn’t deviate from their earlier published proposals. They explained how the planned Auction 107 would be adopted using some […]
In the wake of UK broadcast regulator Ofcom’s publication of its review of public service broadcasting, Stephen van Rooyen, EVP and CEO, UK and Europe, has suggested that the regulator should consider a radical reform of the PSB model. “It’s clear from Ofcom’s report that the UK broadcast landscape has been transformed over the past […]
A criminal found guilty of supplying illegal streaming devices (ISDs) providing unauthorised access to Premier League content has been ordered to pay back more than £520,000 (€609,000) to the ‘public purse’. In April 2018, John Dodds was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison having pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud. Dodds sold ISDs to […]
Flipino entertainment and media company ABS-CBN has filed two civil complaints in US Federal Courts against two individuals in a piracy network spanning across US state lines, seeking damages in the millions for allegedly pirating ABS-CBN’s copyrighted content via illegal IPTV boxes. One lawsuit was filed in the Federal Court, Southern District of Texas against […]
On February 26th, investigators from UK copyright protection FACT and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit attended an address in the North West of England to execute search warrants related to a significant provider of illegal streaming activity. This service has now been disrupted. “Today’s action in Lancashire should send a message to anyone […]