Broadband cable trade body Cable Europe is urging the European Commission not to accept Dutch regulator ACM’s draft broadband market analysis, which has concluded that multiplay operator VodafoneZiggo holds “joint significant market power (SMP)” together with Dutch incumbent operator KPN. As a direct consequence, both operators will have to provide wholesale access to third parties. […]
The US Federal Communications Commission is continuing its efforts to promote broadband deployment and competition by speeding the process and reducing the costs of attaching new network facilities to utility poles. To enable broadband providers to enter new markets and deploy high-speed networks, access to poles must be swift, predictable, safe, and affordable. Pole access […]
The non-profit Sports Fans Coalition NY (SFCNY) has launched Locast.org, a free local broadcast video streaming service currently available in New York City, to the people of Dallas, TX, and announced the expansion of Locast.org in the coming weeks to three other top-10 markets. Locast.org has also premiered a new and improved user interface and […]
The percentage of Internet users in Europe that occasionally download or stream music, films, series, books or games illegally has decreased between 2014 and 2017, according to the Global Online Piracy Study published by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam. The decrease is greatest for music, films and series. Meanwhile, […]
India’s government, via its Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), says it has not set any sort of deadline on a switch by satellite broadcasters from foreign-owned craft and their transponders to India’s own ISRO/Antrix satellites. “The government has not set any deadline for use of foreign transponders by the TV channel owners,” said MIB […]
Following a consultation issued in April 2018, UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has decided not to advertise or re-advertise licences local TV services for 13 locations, in order to help protect the economic sustainability of the sector as a whole. When Ofcom established its framework for licensing local TV in 2012, it said that it would […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has published a report which assesses how easily today’s viewers can find public service broadcasters’ (PSB) channels, and local TV programmes. This is the watchdog’s first report which fulfils a new duty under the Digital Economy Act. Alongside the report, Ofcom is consulting on updating the rules which give appropriate prominence […]
Chip-set giant Qualcomm has abandoned its proposed acquisition of Dutch rival NXP Semiconductors. The deal has been 20 months in progress and would have been the largest-ever in the semiconductor sector, but it had emerged that China’s regulators were not in favour. Qualcomm is the world’s largest maker of chipsets for mobile phones. A successful […]
Rural connectivity specialist RTO Wireless and Microsoft Corp are teaming up to provide broadband Internet access to more than 290,000 people living in unserved rural regions of New York and Maine. The partnership is part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative, which aims to extend broadband access to 2 million people in unserved portions of rural […]
India’s Department of Space along with its satellite development arm, India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are both looking to persuade DTH broadcasters to shift their contracts from non-Indian satellite operators to Indian-managed spacecraft. Currently, international operators such as SES supply considerable satellite capacity targeting Indian DTH viewers. Rajya Sabha, a minister of state in the […]