Digital media and broadcast services technical specifications industry consortium DVB has confirmed the approval of its DVB-I specification by the DVB Steering Board in Geneva. It has been published as DVB BlueBook A177. The DVB-I specification aims to ensure that linear television delivered over the Internet is as user-friendly and robust as a traditional broadcast […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has obtained a consent judgment and permanent injunction against Omniverse One World Television, Inc. in the federal district court for the Central District of California. Omniverse was a major supplier of unauthorised […]
The USA’s long-established Satellite Television Extension & Localisation Act (STELA) could die but be replaced by a new STAR regulation (Satellite Television Access Reauthorisation). STELA permits satellite viewers, especially those living in remote and rural locations, to watch ‘distant’ networks not intended for their regions, on their receivers. It is due to expire at the […]
It is for the FCC to determine the terms and financial obligations of the C-Band Alliance’s scheme for the restructuring of satellite spectrum over the US. While nothing is yet agreed, a consensus has emerged that the three key members of the Alliance (Intelsat, SES and Telesat) will volunteer to pay a 25 per cent […]
Companies looking to shoot short-form content, such as TV commercials, in the Middle East can now benefit from express access to Abu Dhabi Film Commission’s 30 per cent cash rebate on production and post-production spend. As well as TV commercials, the rebate is applicable to feature films, television dramas and series, documentaries, and telemovies shot […]
The C-Band Alliance on November 7th sent a strongly-worded seven-page letter to two senior members of the US House Sub-committee on Communications & Technology. The letter starts politely enough, telling Chairman Michael Doyle and Ranking Member Robert Latta that it wanted to correct some misstatements. But the message soon became blunt saying, in effect, ‘hands […]
Spain’s largest telco Movistar has been fined €6 million for discriminatory actions against its rivals when repairing breakdown in its copper and FTTH networks used by third parties. The company took too much time and delayed without justified cause the provision of its services when repairing breakdowns in the networks used by its competitors. The […]
The Communications and Digital Committee of UK parliament’s upper chamber the House of Lords has warned that public service broadcasters (PSBs) need to be better supported to ensure that they can continue to produce high-quality drama and documentaries which reflect and examine UK culture. In return, the broadcasters need to adapt to ensure that they […]
The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), which permits US satellite viewers to watch ‘distant’ TV broadcasts from the main networks, has to be renewed before the end of the year or it will automatically die (“sunset”, as legislators describe the ending of a Law). Current estimates say that some 870,000 homes, almost all […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has achieved another major win when the operator of two giant sources of illegal, unauthorised content, agreed to cease all operations. Prior to this ACE action, Openload and Streamango were massive piracy […]