Global citizens movement Avaaz has launched what it describes as an “unprecedented” public interest legal challenge to Britain’s broadcasting regulator, filing papers in court seeking a judicial review of Ofcom’s decision to clear the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox. In June 2017, Ofcom found that if Sky was fully owned by Fox, […]
Portuguese operators NOS and Vodafone Portugal have opposed the planned acquisition by Altice Group of Media Capital. According to Madalena Sutcliffe, director of regulation of Vodafone Portugal, the operation cannot be approved by national regulators ERC and the Competition Authority “not even with compromises because it creates so many problems of pluralism”. Sutcliffe pointed out […]
Trade body Cable Europe has voiced concerns over the future of investment in telecommunications network infrastructure, as it responds to the Belgian consultation on levels of competition in the broadband and broadcasting markets. Submitting a formal response to a national consultation is a rarity for the association of cable operators. Cable Europe says it feels […]
Spanish public broadcaster TVE has acquired the TV rights to the national football team. The channel will broadcast all of Spain’s home and away football matches between 2018 and 2022. The TVE broadcast deal covers over 40 football matches, including the friendlies, preliminary qualification games and both the Euro 2020 tournament and the World Cup […]
Pay-TV subscribers in the US are growing increasingly satisfied with OTT streaming TV services versus traditional cable TV, but they also are spending nearly an hour more a week watching regularly scheduled television programming than they did two years ago. That increasingly complex consumer relationship with streaming and cable television is explored in detail in […]
Satellite operator SES says it has concluded a multi-year capacity extension agreement with Sky Deutschland. “Under the agreement announced by SES, Sky Deutschland has renewed seven transponders at the prime orbital position of 19.2 degrees East to deliver its video content to millions of households and subscribers,” says SES. The orbital position of 19.2 degrees […]
BT will be delivering a live broadcast link between London and the International Space Station (ISS), allowing visitors at the New Scientist Live event to interact with Italian European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli. BT’s media and broadcast division is working with the European Space Agency to provide the live broadcast technology, allowing visitors […]
Travelxp 4K is going live with a full transmission service on October 1st on Eutelsat’s ‘hot bird’ satellite. The launch means that viewers of suitable 4K displays will be able to view Travelxp’s impressive – and mostly High Dynamic Range – output. Travelxp 4K has been gathering travel and tourism footage and programming for the […]
The Board of Directors at Telecom Italia (TIM) have unanimously proceeded to co-opt Amos Genish onto the board, and to appoint him Chief Executive Officer, conferring executive powers on him. “We have a clear long-term vision: to return TIM to its rightful splendour, making a crucial contribution to the digitalisation of the Country, the creation […]
Netflix has revealed it will spend $400 million (€338.4m) over five years on Canadian TV and film content. It will establish a permanent production presence in Canada, the first time it has done so outside of the US. The company has largely avoided the requirements put on Canadian content producers by the country’s government. The […]