Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his own family trust to leave his eldest son Lachlan in control of News Corp has been blocked by a Nevada court. A Nevada court commissioner found Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had acted in “bad faith” by trying to change the trust to leave Lachlan in control rather than his […]

The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft München) and the Munich District Court (Amtsgericht München) have imposed corporate fines totaling €3.9 million on German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and two of its subsidiaries for violations of the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG). ProSiebenSat.1 Media has been ordered to pay a fine of €10,000, Jochen Schweizer a fine […]

A report in The Irish Times details further financial problems faced by Declan Ganley, CEO at Rivada Space Networks. Ganley was warned last week by Judge Jeffifer Schecter in the New York Supreme Court that he was already in contempt of court over non-payments of $20,000 (€18,300) per month to a Rivada shareholder, David Shuman. […]

The court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and News Corp via a £15 billion (€17.8bn) family trust begins this week in a closed Nevada courtroom. The case sees 93-year-old Murdoch against three of his eldest children fighting over the voting shares and the power to control the group when he dies. […]

Edgio, a provider of media content and cyber-security solutions, has voluntarily filed for chapter 11 relief in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to effectuate one or more sale transactions that it says “should” allow for the continued operation of the company’s business under new ownership. The company enters this process with […]

The Spanish Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by infrastructure provider Cellnex and ruled that the company will have to pay a €13.7 million fine imposed by the regulator CNMC for abuse of a dominant position in the DTT market. The ruling brings the matter to an end after a decade in the courts since […]

A Washington DC Court has ruled decisively in favour of Rivada Networks in its long-running dispute with former partner Kleo AG. CEO Declan Ganley released the transcript of a legal action between Kleo AG which alleged defamation and was heard before the US District Court in Washington DC. Rivada has won the case. The background […]

The legal application by South Africa’s eMedia Holdings against MultiChoice and arguing for access to TV coverage of the Rugby World Cup was thrown out by the Johannesburg High Court on October 10th. Technically, the legal move was “struck out” and not heard by the court which upset eMedia’s lawyers. The judge in the case […]

There’s an increasingly bitter dispute between Rivada Networks founder Declan Ganley and one of his investors, David Shuman. There are lawsuits running in New York, Texas and Delaware in an increasingly damaging series of allegations. Rivada, headed by Ganley, is building a mega-constellation of 600 high-tech satellites. Ganley is alleging that Shuman has committed fraud. […]

Broadcom has announced that the District Court of Munich, Germany, ruled that Netflix is infringing a Broadcom patent related to HEVC/H.265 video coding. The court issued an injunction requiring Netflix to cease and desist all further infringement in Germany. Since 2018, Netflix and Broadcom have been engaged in a patent dispute whereby Broadcom has accused […]