YouTube’s first quarterly ‘enforcement report’ reveals the website removed 8.3 million videos between October and December 2017 for breaching its community guidelines. The figure does not include videos removed for copyright or legal reasons. In a blogpost, YouTube said the “majority of these 8 million videos were spam or people attempting to upload adult content.” […]
The European Commission has notified Altice of its decision to impose upon it a €124.5 million fine for gun jumping in connection with Altice’s acquisition of PT Portugal in June 2015. The Commission found that Altice infringed the prior notification obligation of a concentration under Article 4(1) of the EU Merger Regulation, and the stand-still […]
The EC may threaten social media companies with regulation unless they move to tackle fake news and the use of personal data before the European elections in 2019. The EU security commissioner, Julian King, said “short-term, concrete” plans needed to be in place before the elections, when voters in 27 EU member states will elect […]
In a landscape still dominated by TV, the Asia Pacific online video industry is on a sure path to more than double its share of video industry revenues ex-China from 9 per cent in 2017 to 20 per cent by 2023, according to analysis from consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). The analysis covers
According to Dataxis research, the global revenues of 80 pay-TV/OTT and telecom players reached $410 billion (€336bn) in Q4 2017. The revenues have grown at a CAGR of 1 per cent, from $381 billion in Q1 2016. Adding further to the analysis, the market share by players based on revenues, shows that
Serbia’s Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) has announced a tender for one national TV licence. The announcement was made after a special session of REM held last week, but no additional details were provided. The national frequency was previously used by TV Avala, which ceased broadcasting in November 2012. A tender was subsequently organised […]
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, will be at the 19th Arab Radio and TV Festival being held on 26-29 April in Culture City in Tunis. The annual festival, organized by Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), aims to contribute to the development of Arab radio and television production, enhance its quality and promote innovative and meaningful […]
Viacom has announced a multi-year agreement to partner on advanced advertising and data. This partnership will integrate Viacom’s targeted advertising expertise and national reach with FreeWheel’s next-generation TV video advertising technology informed by Comcast’s anonymised audience data, to offer US marketers greater precision in reaching consumers across all platforms. “Today’s announcement reflects Viacom’s commitment to […]
Pay-TV channel Non Stop People is closing down in Spain after three years of operation. The channel, a joint venture from Banijay Group and Mediatic System, was being distributed by Movistar Plus on an exclusive basis targeted at a young and urban audience with news and entertainment programmes. The channel was launched in June 2015 […]
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) – the trade body which represents the interests of publishers and rights-owners of pre-recorded filmed entertainment – has confirmed that multiplay telco and broadcaster BT has joined its ranks as a member with immediate effect. BT joins an array of other digital platforms in helping to shape and […]