Amazon has confirmed that it wants to launch 3236 satellites into space. Its ‘Project Kuiper’ has already received plenty of speculation, but now the Jeff Bezos-backed business has formally asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve the scheme, and to permit frequencies to be used. Amazon used a July 4th filing to the FCC […]
The arrival of a 160-channel DTH service from neighbouring Laos has prompted Malaysia’s Communications & Multimedia Commission to say it will crack down on what it describes as “illegal satellite dishes”. Reportedly around half of the channels on the LaoSat satellite are in Mandarin Chinese, itself popular amongst some Malaysian communities. Other channel offerings include […]
beIN Sports has been ordered by a Dubai court to pay Saudi Riyals 30 million (about €7m) after losing an appeal against an arbitration ruling which decided that Saudi-based Selevision was owed compensation. The history of the case is complex and extends back to 2016. The case revolves around a business dispute with Selevision. Selevision’s […]
Hundreds of new local digital radio stations could start broadcasting in the UK from 2020, under proposals outlined by broadcast regulator Ofcom. With over 40 per cent of the UK’s radio listening now taking place on the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) platform, Ofcom’s proposals mark a major step towards expanding local DAB coverage, giving listeners […]
Netflix has vowed to cut back on how often smoking is shown in its original content after a report by US-based anti-smoking group Truth Initiative said tobacco imagery was increasing on small screens and that depictions were much more common on streaming services than on cable television. Netflix said that smoking in programmes aimed at […]
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has announced a range of measures to ensure that public service broadcasters (PSBs) continue to deliver high-quality content for UK viewers and listeners. According to the watchdog, public service broadcasting is now at a crucial juncture, as broadcasters face unprecedented competition from global on-demand and Internet services such as Netflix, Amazon […]
Santockh Singh Chahal and John Hart, licensees of The Chesterfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne in the northeast of England, have been convicted in their absence of eight offences each for dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky Sports is […]
Eutelsat is involved in a legal action against rival Inmarsat over Inmarsat’s use of ground-based repeaters for its proposed in-flight broadband and entertainment service over Europe. On June 28th, the French Conseil d’Etat (Council of State) formally stayed the proceedings in Eutelsat’s appeal against a former decision to approve the use of the repeaters. The […]
In advance of the theatrical release of Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, the first stand-alone vehicle in the Fast & Furious franchise, which features Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, Universal Pictures has teamed up with The pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth […]
Seven months after new rules against unjustified geo-blocking began to apply, general consumer awareness of the new rules against restrictions for online shopping and cross-border sales is already high. A Eurobarometer survey shows that just a few months after the new rules on geo-blocking started to apply, 50 per cent of EU citizens are generally […]