The former boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a restructuring policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s. Didier Lombard was jailed for a year, as were Louis-Pierre Wenès and Olivier Barberot, although eight months were suspended. The company, now Orange, was fined €75,000. The court examined 39 […]
The controversial US Satellite Television Extension & Localism Act (STELA) will come to an end on December 31st. Two new Bills will replace it: The Television Viewer Protection Act (TVPA) which makes the “good faith” supply of distant signals permanent, and the Satellite Television Community Protection & Promotion Act. However, it is not totally clear […]
A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Indonesian consumers, revealed that nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of online Indonesian consumers have accessed streaming piracy websites or torrent sites to access premium content without paying any subscription fees. The survey, commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – the UK’s primary competition and consumer authority – has published an update in its examination of online platforms and digital advertising, uncovering new detail about how the sector’s biggest names operate. The work is part of its wider digital strategy, which aims to co-ordinate the authority’s approach to […]
European Union Court of Justice Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona has proposed that the Court declare that the Italian legislation preventing Vivendi from acquiring 28 per cent of the share capital of Mediaset is contrary to EU law, finding that it disproportionately hinders the freedom of establishment in view of the objective of protecting information pluralism. […]
Charlie Ergen made an appearance in a Manhattan Federal Court on December 18th and faced tough questioning in regard to his plans to launch a US-wide wireless service provider. California’s Deputy Attorney General Paula Blizzard had travelled to New York to question Ergen and accused him of having a long history of broken promises in […]
The hope that the C-Band Alliance might get Congressional support for its 5G/C-band plan failed when US legislators disagreed and determined there was no longer time to further discuss the proposal ahead of Congress having their Christmas break. The failure means that the FCC will now likely determine how the proposed auction revenues are divided […]
A 2018 episode of Celebrity Big Brother was the most complained-about TV show of the decade, new figures from broadcast watchdog Ofcom reveal. As the 2010s draw to a close, Ofcom has published the ten television programmes that drew the most complaints from viewers over the last ten years. More than 25,000 people complained about […]
In a surprise move, Nicky Morgan is to continue as the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport despite having stood down as an MP prior to the General Election. Morgan has been made an unelected life peer to serve in parliament’s upper chamber, and will be called Baroness Morgan, a move […]
The UK government is considering whether failure to pay the TV licence fee should cease to be a criminal offence, Treasury minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed. Sunak revealed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the sanction for non-payment of the £154.50 charge, which funds the BBC. Prosecution for non-payment of the […]