The UK Government is to give rural areas a £200 million funding package as part of its full-fibre broadband pledge. The money – announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond as part of his Budget measures – has been allocated from the National Productivity Infrastructure Fund and is intended as a stimulus for companies […]
US President Donald Trump has ordered a range of agencies to work on developing what he describes as a “balanced, forward-looking, flexible, and sustainable approach to spectrum management” as part of his desire for America be first in fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies. In a Presidential Memorandum, he notes that in the growing digital economy, wireless […]
Tens of thousands more new-build homes could be in line for a broadband boost after Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, is to reduce the price it charges developers for its future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology by more than three quarters. The new pricing means UK house builders will pay just a fraction of the current […]
In the wake of the controversy around Eleven Sports’ intentional breach of the English Football Association’s (FA) longstanding blackout restriction on UK broadcasters, which was subsequently rescinded, geolocation-based security and digital content protection specialist GeoGuard has put the blackout to the test in terms of seeing how easy (or hard) it would be to circumvent […]
On a day where a group of British MPs has described the BBC’s pay decision-making as “opaque”, broadcast regulator Ofcom has suggested that the Corporation is generally delivering its remit for audiences, but it must go further in areas such as transparency, taking creative risks and attracting young people, according to the watchdog’s annual report […]
The UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published its Report into the BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18: Equal Pay at the BBC. It finds that: BBC is failing to live up to its duty under the Equality Act to advance equal opportunity for women Evidence suggests women working at the BBC […]
Italy’s Council of State has issued a verdict in favour of Persidera and Europa TV on the issue of the unfair distribution of TV frequencies for DTT in 2009. The Council of State partially accepted their requests and ordered the Communications Authority (AgCom) to remedy the imbalance, reserving the right to intervene again in the […]
The UK’s Minister for Intellectual Property, Sam Gyimah, has highlighted the continued Government clampdown on users and providers of illicit streaming boxes who cause damage to the nation’s £92 billion (€103.45bn) creative industries. It comes as the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) publishes its response to a Call for Views on illicit streaming. This finds that […]
Sky has sent an ultimatum to UK based broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Disney and Discovery warning them to get their post-Brexit licensing plans in order by the end of the year, or face being removed off its platform. The Guardian reports that Sky has sent out letters to broadcasters as it says it needs […]
The search for ‘the next big thing’ in UK Children’s Television is gearing up as part of a £60 million (€67.5m) initiative being introduced by Government to support the nation’s vibrant broadcast sector. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced that the Contestable Fund which aims to halt the decline of UK produced children’s content and […]