Asia-Pacific media trade association CASBAA has renewed its appeal to Hong Kong’s legislature to pass proposed amendments to the Copyright Ordinance when they come up for debate later this week. According to CASBAA, the amendments are critical to the future of the content industries in the SAR; bringing digital copyright principles to Hong Kong for […]
Barely ten days ago the Mexican government had – seemingly – confirmed a December 31st 2015 switch-off date for their analogue TV transmissions. But December 3rd saw parliament’s upper house of senators reverse that policy, saying a December 31st date would leave “millions” without access to TV. The proposal will now revert back to the […]
Japanese tech giant Toshiba is facing a record fine of 7.37bn yen (€55.4m) for its multi-billion dollar accounting scandal. The fine was recommended by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) to the Financial Services Agency, which imposes penalties for such violations. It stems from the company overstating its profits by $1.3 billion over seven […]
NXP Semiconductors and Freescale Semiconductor have announced the completion of the merger pursuant to the terms of the previously announced merger agreement from March 2015. The merger has created a high performance mixed signal semiconductor industry leader, with combined revenue of over $10 billion. The merged entity will continue operations as NXP Semiconductors and has […]
TV advertising is failing to reflect the UK’s diverse society, according to a poll by Marketing Week. Research commissioned by the trade magazine found that almost two-thirds of people in the UK feel the ad industry does not represent them, and almost two-fifths say advertising characters and messages fail to reflect British society as a […]
Some of India’s cable MSOs are flouting the country’s rules which cover the retransmission of TV channels. The rules insist that every channel be properly licensed before it can be carried on a DTH or cable system, but some operators are carrying unauthorised channels from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Nepal. India’s Ministry of Information & […]
Saudi Arabia-based satellite operator Arabsat has stopped transmitting Lebanon’s Al-Minar news channel. The channel was taken down on December 4th. BBC Monitoring reports that Iran’s cultural attaché at its Beirut embassy on December 6th condemned the action, and said it stood firm in solidarity with Al-Minar, and referred to the controversial channel as “the sound […]
Globecast has announced that Philippe Bernard has been appointed as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Olivier Barberot. He brings a wealth of international experience and has a track record for sales and customer relations expertise. “I’m honoured and grateful for the opportunity to lead this exceptional company with dedicated, talented and creative […]
To kick off the festive season TalkTalk is giving its TV customers access to six of the best UKTV channels usually only available as part of a paid-for TV Boost. From now to January 5th, TalkTalk TV customers will be able to enjoy GOLD, Watch, Alibi, Eden, Good Food and Home at no extra cost. […]
TV drama Manhattan will launch exclusively in the UK on BT’s AMC channel on January 5th 2016. BT customers will be the first to see the critically acclaimed 13-episode original series in the New Year. Manhattan has the backdrop of the race to build the world’s first atomic bomb and follows the scientists and their […]