YouTube has refunded advertisers that removed their content from the video-sharing portal after it was revealed that some ads appeared alongside extremist and terrorist content. A number of advertisers, including Marks and Spencer and McDonald’s, pulled all advertising from the Google-owned site following the revelations. In some instances, the refund amounts to as little as […]
RTVE, the Spanish public broadcaster, is seeking to get more money from pay-TV operators by forcing them to pay for its TV series and movies they offer through its catch-up and VoD services. Currently, the pay-TV operators are distributing RTVE content for free, and are also offering the content to be recorded and watched later […]
The threat to the closure of news channel Al Jazeera has never been greater. July 3rd saw Qatar’s Foreign Minister make a special visit to talk to mediators in Kuwait about softening the demands made by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies to – amongst other items – close Al Jazeera, and to remove the […]
Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, and Discovery Networks have partnered to launch Quest and Quest Red on Freesat. The two channels are now available for Freesat viewers to watch on channel numbers 167 and 169. Freesat viewers can now enjoy popular programmes such as Salvage Hunters, Wheeler Dealers and Spanish Civil War with […]
Despite new Russian broadcasting and media laws coming into force during June which has already affected many ‘Western’ broadcasters and limits foreign ownership of online video services in Russia to 20 per cent, Netflix is still able to operate according to The Hollywood Reporter. Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor previously said that it expected Netflix to […]
Rocket company SpaceX scrubbed its Monday evening launch of Intelsat’s 35e satellite. It was the second cancellation of the launch, and again the launch was aborted at the ten seconds to lift-off. In a tweet, SpaceX said it was standing down for the day due to a violation of abort criteria, adding that the payload […]
BT Sport is to become the home of the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup in the UK and Ireland, having secured the rights to broadcast all of the tournaments’ matches live. The new deal, starting from the 2018/19 season, will see BT Sport showing all of the best European Club […]
June 28th saw Inmarsat’s S-EAN (European Aviation Network) satellite launched by an Arianespace rocket. The satellite’s launch is controversial and Eutelsat, ViaSat of California and in-flight communications company Panasonic Aviation have lodged objections to the European Court of Justice and asking for an injunction to be issued to stop Inmarsat’s satellite opening for business. The […]
Amazon will pay US viewers $10 to watch one of its Prime shows or movies through their TV set. All Prime members need to do is sign into the Prime Video app on a device such as a smart TV, gaming console of Fire TV and watch a video. In return, they’ll get a $10 […]
A worker at LG Display, at its Paju, South Korea, factory lost his life in an industrial accident at the site last week. Local reports say that all LCD production output has ceased at the facility, with inspectors and officials making an investigation into the matter. South Korean news sources say that the plant closure […]