The European Commission has published its long-awaited Counterfeit and Piracy Watch-List, which names both online and physical marketplaces that are reported to engage in counterfeiting and piracy. It focuses on marketplaces located outside the European Union and is intended to encourage operators, local enforcement and governments to take action. A further aim is to raise […]
More than £20 million (€22.5m) is being pumped into the UK’s thriving creative industries to help inspire and attract new talent, scale up existing businesses, boost skills and provide education. The package of support, announced by Creative Industries Minister Margot James during a visit to Dudley Technical College in the West Midlands, will help to […]
Sky has entered into legally binding commitments with Comcast Corporation that guarantee the continued operation and long term funding of an editorially-independent Sky News. These commitments extend the Post Offer Undertakings given by Sky and Comcast in May 2018 in which they committed to maintaining inflation-adjusted funding in Sky News, to maintain Sky’s HQ in […]
Ofcom has proposed to designate BT and KCOM as the UK’s broadband universal service providers. It is also consulting on the obligations that should apply to them in delivering the universal service. In March, the UK Government introduced legislation for a broadband universal service obligation (USO), which will give eligible homes and businesses the right […]
Crashing out of the EU will create huge disruption for the UK’s international broadcasting sector, its workforce, and its suppliers, the Commercial Broadcasters Association, the industry body for multichannel broadcasters in the digital, cable and satellite television sector, and their on-demand services, has warned. In the weeks prior to the UK hitting a cliff edge, […]
The international film and television landscape has grown rapidly in recent years, helped in no small part by the growing support of global governments, writes Zoe Guilford The creative industries generate approximately £92bn annually to the United Kingdom’s economy, with jobs and exports growing year on year. The UK is a global leader in this […]
Russian news agency TASS is reporting that Roscosmos, the country’s space agency, is involved in alleged “systematic legal violations”, and with 16 criminal cases now under way. Alexander Kurennoy, from Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, is quoted by TASS saying: “During the period between 2017 and the first six months of 2018, documents on the activities […]
The UK’s creative industries made a record contribution to the economy in 2017, smashing through the £100 billion (€112.74bn) mark, according to figures published by the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS). Its value of the creative industries to the UK is up from £94.8 billion in 2016 to £101.5 billion, and has […]
Stronger laws to crack down on online pirates will commence shortly after the Australian Government’s Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018 passed the Parliament. The Bill strengthens the capacity of Australia’s creative industries to fight copyright infringement through injunctions issued by the Federal Court. Minister for Communications and the Arts Mitch Fifield said the new […]
MENA viewers have reportedly lost access to an Arabic news channel over alleged violations of rules covering sectarian transmissions. A Yemeni opposition channel, Al Masirah, has been dropped. Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani confirmed via the Yemini SABA news agency that Al Masirah channel belonging to the Houthi militias has been suspended from broadcasting on […]