The Swiss public have voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the licence fee in a national vote held on March 4th 2018. The ‘No Billag’ initiative was filed in Switzerland in late 2015, calling for the abolition of the TV and radio licence fee. Billag is the name of the private company responsible for collecting […]
France’s Canal + Group has responded to the ongoing carriage dispute with France’s TF1 by saying it regrets the stalemate in negotiations with the TF1 Group after 18 months of discussions, stating that it has been forced to interrupt the broadcast of TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films, LCI and their associated services. “This decision […]
In its Communication of September 2017 on tackling illegal content online, the European Commission (EC) promised to monitor progress in tackling illegal content online and assess whether additional measures are needed to ensure the swift and proactive detection and removal of illegal content online, including possible legislative measures to complement the existing regulatory framework. As […]
Inmarsat is committed to using a network of ground-based repeater stations to augment its S-band in-flight capacity, and to boost connectivity for airline passengers. Eutelsat and ViaSat of California have their own plans for similar aircraft services, and had objected to the Inmarsat plan. France’s ARCEP (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes) […]
Broadband shoppers must receive better information about speeds, before they commit to a contract, under new protections announced by UK media regulator Ofcom. In future, providers will always have to give a minimum guaranteed speed to a potential customer at the point of sale. If that customer’s speed then drops below the promised level, broadband […]
The last 12 months look set to be the Welsh Government’s busiest yet for supporting TV and film production, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has said, with high profile feature film and TV programmes such as Journey’s End, Requiem, Britannia, Kiri and Keeping Faith all cementing Wales’ reputation as a first-class place to film. Speaking on […]
Canal Plus has reportedly filed a formal complaint with the Commercial Court of Paris against French commercial network TF1 and TF1 Distribution over a carriage agreement which expires today (February 28th) and where no agreement has been reached as to an extension. In 2016 TF1 Group asked satellite and other distributors for carriage fees. Previously, […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, licensees of four premises in the northeast and northwest of England have been found to be infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports without having the required commercial agreements. As a result of civil proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, Martin Adamson of The Bay Horse Hotel, […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, said the FCC was working on plans on the next steps needed to make the 3.7 – 4.2 GHz (C-band) available for commercial terrestrial use in the coming months. The positive news helped propel shares in Intelsat, which first proposed […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the companies that have qualified to take part in its upcoming spectrum auction. Ofcom is releasing 40 MHz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band to improve broadband for today’s mobile users. It is also releasing 150 MHz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz band to prepare for the […]