The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) has expressed serious concerns regarding Italy’s Piracy Shield anti-piracy initiative. Under the initiative, copyright holders can flag suspected piracy websites to the Italian media regulator (AgCom), which orders Internet providers to block user access to those sites within 30 minutes. While ostensibly designed to combat online copyright […]

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Dr Andreas Wiele, has informed the company’s Supervisory Board and Executive Board that he will not seek a further term of office after the regular expiry at the German media company. Wiele intends to step down from the Supervisory Board at the end of the Annual […]

Good Morning Britain has launched a new social media strand delivering presenter-led news bulletins on the programme’s TikTok platform. As Good Morning Britain continues to break the latest news and current affairs across the airwaves daily from 6am on ITV1 and ITVX, the programme has also seen strong growth across its social media platforms. In […]

Apple will invest more in developing European and French content in France under a new deal with the French government. While in line with its previous spending in the country, the new agreement commits the Apple TV+ streaming service to investing 20 per cent of its previous year’s net sales in France into the initiative. […]

Deutsch Telkom has announced that Tim Höttges will remain CEO of Deutsche Telekom. The Supervisory Board has extended his contract, which runs until the end of 2026, ahead of schedule until the end of 2028. At the same time, two managers are moving into new key positions: Srini Gopalan, previously responsible for Deutsche Telekom’s German […]

Premiership Rugby has seen a significant rise in young fans with almost a million new supporters aged 18 to 34 versus 12 months ago. According to YouGov Profiles, 14.3 million people in the UK hold an interest in Gallagher Premiership Rugby – this represents an increase of 13 per cent since 2023 – and is […]

Satellite operator SES has bought back €100 million of its perpetual bonds of which €625 million were in issue. SES’s bonds dropped sharply in mid-January after the credit desk at investment bank BNP Paribas published a note recommending investors sell the debt. The BNP Paribas report suggested that competition from new(ish) satellite players such as […]

MAVTV – the motorsports media platform – has announced the launch of new premium subscription plans for MAVTV GO, its direct-to-consumer streaming platform. For the first time, fans across the US and Canada can enjoy every live race and premium motorsports enthusiast content that airs on MAVTV without a cable subscription. “Today marks a major […]

According to a forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, market conditions are improving but remain underwhelming for the broader Radio Access Network (RAN) ecosystem as regional 5G coverage imbalances, slower data traffic growth, and monetisation challenges are weighing on the market. Following […]

Amazon has shipped the first of its Kuiper satellites. The satellites themselves were well wrapped up within metal containers, but Amazon has admitted that the containers contained more of their Project Kuiper broadband communications satellites. “Late last year, we began shipping flight-ready satellites, and even more have been on their way in recent weeks,” the […]