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£1bn boost for UK mobile coverage

Poor mobile phone coverage is set to be a thing of the past as the UK Government champions a £1 billion (€1.16bn) deal with the mobile phone industry to banish rural ‘not-spots’, with the plans for all operators to share phone masts to improve UK coverage being described as a “world first”. The move will […]

October 25, 2019By Colin Mann

Ofcom: BBC risks ‘lost generation’

The BBC may not be sustainable in its current form, if it fails to regain younger audiences who are increasingly tuning out of its services, according to UK broadcast regulator Ofcom, which has published its annual report on the Corporation, assessing its performance over the period April 2018 to March 2019. Ofcom finds that the […]

October 24, 2019By Colin Mann

Study: Multiple site-targeting most effective anti-piracy tactic

A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Chapman University, has found that in anti-piracy work, blocking websites is more effective when multiple sites are targeted. The study, The Effect of Piracy Website Blocking on Consumer Behavior, reported in an article in MIS Quarterly, examined the effectiveness of anti-piracy efforts in the United Kingdom […]

October 23, 2019By Colin Mann

China: CCTV drops NBA season opener

China’s state broadcaster, CCTV, did not show any NBA games on the opening day of the new season. CCTV traditionally shows the first game of the NBA season, which started on October 22nd (US time) when the reigning champion Toronto Raptors took on the New Orleans Pelicans – but the game was completely dropped. The […]

October 23, 2019

French court censures ASO over beIN rights dispute

In a legal ruling likely to be be noted across the sports industry, the President of the Nanterre Commercial Court in France has ordered Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – organiser of the Dakar Rally, Tour de France, the Paris Marathon amongst other events – specifically to perform its five year media rights exclusive agreement with […]

October 22, 2019By Colin Mann

Movistar fined €1.5m for football overcharge

Spain’s regulatory body CNMC has imposed a €1.5 million fine on Movistar for overcharging its rivals for El Partidazo, the premium service that airs the biggest football clash of every game week. In season 2016-2017, Movistar reported fewer El Partidazo subscribers than the real figure saving costs for the company and overcharging its rivals Orange, […]

October 22, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Comcast, Viacom join anti-piracy coalition

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content and reducing online piracy, has confirmed the addition of Comcast and Viacom as members. While NBCUniversal and Paramount Pictures were already ACE members, the addition of their parent companies will strengthen ACE’s comprehensive approach to […]

October 22, 2019By Colin Mann

SiriusXM facing Worldspace patent problems

US pay-radio operator SiriusXM is facing further problems in an argument with Germany’s Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft over a dispute which concerns SiriusXM’s technology on its satellite radio transmissions. Fraunhofer had filed a patent infringement against Sirius in February 2017 alleging that the satellite service is using certain multicarrier modulation (MCM) technologies covered by Fraunhofer patents. The patents […]

October 21, 2019By Chris Forrester

RealD wins patent spat

A district court in Düsseldorf, Germany has ruled in favour of global visual technology specialist, RealD, finding infringement of three of its patents by Volfoni SmartCrystal Diamond triple-beam systems. RealD, best known for its 3D technology, sued Volfoni/CinemaNext for infringing on RealD’s two- and three-beam 3D cinema projection system patents (pat. numbers EP 2 469 […]

October 18, 2019By Chris Forrester

C-Band Alliance wins major new support

An influential US lobbying group, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has completely reversed its previous objections to the C-Band Alliance’s proposed scheme to free up at least 200 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US. The ATR has informed the US Senate Subcomittee on Appropriations that it now supports a private auction run – and […]

October 17, 2019By Chris Forrester