Trade bodies the Broadband Forum and the Fiber Broadband Association have signed an agreement in principle to advance the industry forward with future-proof, high-capacity, low latency fibre broadband capabilities that will enable the Metaverse and beyond. With a common focus on developing and educating the broadband industry on best practices, the agreement will combine the […]
Research from diversity and inclusion social enterprise Creative Access confirms a dip in optimism about career futures in individuals from under-represented groups in the creative industries. The Creative Access Thrive Report 2023 comes after a gruelling year for talent as well as comms agencies and PR & marketing functions navigating the world of work – […]
Trade body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has achieved what it describes as “significant” piracy takedown success for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 tournament. IBCAP’s monitoring and protection efforts played an instrumental role in mitigating the piracy of live cricket matches not only in IBCAP member markets, such as the United States, […]
The UK’s rollout of gigabit-capable broadband and 5G connectivity would benefit from improvements in communication, collaboration and consistency between local authorities and the telecoms industry, according to a new report, Local Authorities as Connectivity Enablers, produced for the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), the leading advisory body to the UK Government on connectivity, by the consultancy […]
An Indonesian criminal court in Jakarta sentenced four individuals each to 12 years in prison on July 17th for corruption involving the lease of a satellite from Avanti Communications. A US citizen, Thomas Anthony Van Der Heyden, who serves as a senior advisor in DNK, was the last to be convicted in a separate hearing […]
OneWeb, in the process of being merged with Paris-based Eutelsat, is reportedly seeking to expand the spectrum it needs from the Indian regulators. OneWeb is part-owned by Indian telco giant Bharti. OneWeb is said to be seeking trial satellite spectrum from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the Ka-band (27.5 to 29.1 GHz and 29.5 […]
Altice co-founder Armando Pereira has been detained in Portugal as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, tax fraud and money laundering. Altice’s Lisbon headquarters were raided by officers, according to local broadcasters. Altice Portugal is the country’s largest telecoms company and is part of the Dutch-based telecoms and cable group Altice. Portugal’s department of […]
The Spanish Football Federation must pay €12.3 million to TV group Mediapro for excluding the latter in the public tender for Copa del Rey TV rights. The Spanish Court Audiencia Provincial has ruled that the RFEF tried to prevent Mediapro from bidding for Copa del Rey rights for the seasons 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. RFEF […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s Moments Worth Paying For campaign is presenting an exclusive message for UK and Irish audiences from the cast of Gran Turismo ahead of its release only in cinemas on August 9th 2023. In the exclusive and brand-new content, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Archie Madekwe […]
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has announced that Bluedot, startup specialising in semiconductor design and deep learning, has joined the Alliance as a member. To advance open standards for media compression and delivery over the web, Bluedot will collaborate with AOMedia members including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Google, Huawei, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, NVIDIA, Samsung […]