Collaboration between multiplay operator VodafoneZiggo, the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) and Dutch Police has seen the closure of a card sharing piracy network, with the operator of the illegal network being convicted and sentenced to 240 hours community service and fined over €45,000 at a court in Groningen. The man was convicted of criminal offences […]
The UK’s Panel on Takeovers and Mergers – which administers the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers – has ruled that Disney must offer £14 a share for Sky if it succeeds in buying Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. The price set by the Panel on July 13th is the same as 21CF’s current offer […]
Research from UK alternative digital infrastructure provider CityFibre suggests that millions of broadband customers across the UK may have been misled about their broadband service. Now that almost all broadband customers say a reliable Internet connection is important to them, clarity on which technology offers the best service is vital. The clear majority (86 per […]
The Alex Salmond Show – a political and current affairs series on the RT channel, hosted by the former First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond and produced by his own production company, Slàinte Media – has been found guilty of breaching a Broadcast Code provision that says factual programmes or items or portrayals of factual […]
US Senators Edward J Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, are requesting that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launch an investigation into the privacy policies and practices of Smart TV manufacturers. They note that Smart TVs can track the content users are watching, but manufacturers may not […]
Australia’s film, television and music industries have united to call on the Government to evolve Australian content rules to make them fit for purpose in the digital environment. In a joint submission to a Senate inquiry into Australian content on broadcast, radio and streaming services, APRA AMCOS and Screen Producers Australia lent their weight to […]
The Government’s White Paper on Brexit offers little clarity for the UK’s £1 billion (€1.13bn) international broadcasting sector, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA), the trade body for commercial broadcasters in the UK. According to COBA, international TV channels based in the UK are a £1 billion a year business, investing in UK jobs, […]
The US Department of Justice is appealing the June 12th decision by a US District Court judge that cleared the merger of US telco giant AT&T and entertainment conglomerate Time Warner. At the time, US district judge Richard Leon said the government’s objections “rested on improper notions” and warned against an appeal. “I hope the […]
The FCC is advancing (by a 4-0 vote) to move forward with a proposal by Intelsat and SES (with Intel) to see a restructuring of C-band spectrum over the US to help develop 5G. The plan would see Intelsat, SES (and including Eutelsat) sell some of their C-band frequencies to the USA’s cellular operators. However, […]
The UK Government has published its White Paper on The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and The European Union, disagreement over which saw two resignations within the Department for exiting the European Union, as well as that of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. In terms of sectors covered by any future economic partnership, the Government […]