The UK government has revealed that a new code of practice setting out new anti-piracy measures and procedures is expected to be published in June. The suggestion came in the government’s response to the Film Policy Review Panel’s report – A Future For British Film: It begins with the audience… The response, prepared by the […]
The May 14th news that India’s broadcasting regulator is changing the rules on advertising has created some major headaches for local broadcasters. The new rules are wide-reaching but the main problem focuses on the maximum ‘12 minutes in any hour’ limit. Bosses from India’s general entertainment channels met in Mumbai and Delhi on May 15 […]
India’s media regulator has upset most broadcasters by limiting the number of TV ads that can be shown in any 1 hour period to 12 minutes. Worse, as far as broadcasters are concerned, is that unused ad-minutes cannot be carried over. This reverses a pattern of operation where broadcasters could average their ad-minutes transmitted from […]
Barry-Diller-backed TV platform Aereo, which allows paying customers to record and watch over-the-air television stations online, could destroy the economic model behind television, according to a court filing from NBCUniversal The Internet TV service is being sued by all of the major television broadcasters in federal court in New York, where the service was launched […]
Comms regulator Ofcom has invited applications for 21 local TV channels across the UK. This follows new duties given to the regulator by Parliament to license local TV. The local TV channels will broadcast on a specially-reserved ‘multiplex’; this is a discrete amount of spectrum used for broadcasting over digital terrestrial TV (DTT). In addition […]
The Netherlands has become the first country in Europe to adopt laws that protect net neutrality. The new legislation, approved last summer, blocks ISPs from slowing down or blocking traffic to specific websites or services, and from charging extra for access to certain websites or apps. It’s now been officially passed into law. Last year, […]
The European Commission has presented a report on the application of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The AVMSD enables the free circulation of audiovisual content and meets important public policy objectives such as banning incitement to hatred, protecting minors from harmful content and promoting European audiovisual works. The key issues covered in the report […]
Twenty seven cities throughout the UK are in the running to become ‘super-connected’, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. The cities are able to bid for a share of a £50 million pot to help them roll out ultrafast-broadband, driving growth and attracting new investment. In the Budget, the Chancellor George Osborne announced the new […]
The BBC has accused Chinese authorities of attempting to censor its World News channel’s coverage of the prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng. Peter Horrocks, the BBC’s head of global news, said that the corporation’s international news channel had been deliberately “jammed” by Beijing authorities in recent days. Horrocks said the BBC was targeted over its coverage […]
Virgin Media, the UK’s second-largest broadband provider, has become the first to block access to The Pirate Bay file sharing website after a High Court order. Virgin Media was one of five major broadband firms ordered to block the website on Monday after an application to the High Court by the BPI, a record industry […]