Italy’s Economy Minister has confirmed that the country will impose a 3 per cent ‘online tax’ on large-scale web-based activity, and it will come into force in 2020 – a year later than first suggested. The 3 per cent tax will be applied to certain online transactions for companies with annual revenues worth at least […]
The NBA has defended free speech following a team executive’s tweet in support of the ongoing Hong Kong protests. Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, wrote on Twitter: “Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong”. It caused a furore in China, and Morey’s attempt to backtrack then succeeded in upsetting US fans. […]
More information has emerged of a recent meeting between Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer and the Chairman and two Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and at which Belmer told Chairman Ajit Pai that Eutelsat was in favour of freeing up a slightly higher portion of C-band spectrum (around 25 per cent) and would consider […]
According to a statement from Senator John Kennedy, who had objected to the C-Band Alliance being responsible for auctioning off C-band spectrum over the US, he remains committed to a public auction as distinct to a private sale of spectrum. This does not mean that the Federal Communications Commission has to abide rigidly to his […]
The EBU wants 5G broadcast standard that means FTA broadcasters can be seen without a dedicated SIM card. The EBU’s media director Jean Philip de Tender told Media 2020 in Bucharest that the organisation will try and influence technical standards so 5G so FTA can be also be received alongside SVoD the user has subscribed […]
A retailer in London has been convicted at the City of London Magistrates’ Court for selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs) which gave access to unauthorised Premier League broadcasts and other content. Ammar Al-Silawi was found guilty on two charges of copyright and two charges of fraud, having been found to sell ISDs which provided unlawful […]
Netflix received a €57,000 tax rebate from the UK government in 2018, despite making an estimated £700 million from UK subscribers. A report in The Guardian states Netflix’s UK financial filing shows the company reported revenues of €48 million last year, and pre-tax profits of €2.3 million, because the hundreds of millions of pounds it […]
ISPs could face various state internet regulations after a US court ruled that the federal government cannot block states from passing their own net neutrality laws, though the court did while largely upholding the 2017 repeal of rules barring providers from blocking or throttling traffic. US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said […]
Following media, public and parliamentary scrutiny of its practices in the wake of the suicide of a participant in British tabloid talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show, UK commercial PSB ITV has outlined its guidelines on protecting participants in programmes made for broadcast on ITV, whether made by its own ITV Studios production house or […]
TiVo won another important patent victory over Comcast in a New York court on October 2nd. However, there is confusion over comments – and promises – made in the court. The verdict, made by the US District Court of the Southern District of New York (and concerning patent ref: 8,122,034 and which discloses technology related […]