A licensee in Stockton-on-Tees in the northeast of England has been ordered to pay a total of £19,950.24 (€23,900) in damages and costs for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in their premises, following successful legal action taken by Sky. Sky sought, and was awarded, damages and costs in the Intellectual Property […]
Engineers are starting work to give the historic island of Iona – the cradle of Christianity in Scotland – an ultrafast broadband tech boost. A mile off the much bigger Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, Iona has been in history books since St Columba established a monastery there in the sixth century. It’s […]
Baroness Shriti Vadera has been appointed by the Culture Secretary as the new co-chair of the Creative Industries Council – a key forum that brings together government and the businesses and public bodies of the UK’s creative industries. Baroness Vadera is the first female and person of colour to chair the Royal Shakespeare Company and […]
US pure-play fibre provider Frontier, in partnership with the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), has published a new study that finds deploying fibre in the US could generate an estimated $3.24 trillion (€3.11trn) in economic impact by increasing housing values, lifting average household income and creating jobs. According to Frontier, the US currently lags behind most […]
A new report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and Stantec reveals that digital infrastructure provider Openreach’s ongoing upgrades to Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across the country could deliver a £66 billion (€79bn) boost to the UK economy by 2029. The upgrade is expected to drive productivity gains and improvements to public […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has announced that she intends to depart the FCC on January 20th 2025. Her decision follows the announcement by President-elect Donald Trump that he intends to nominate Brendan Carr to the role when he takes office. “Serving at the Federal Communications Commission has been the honour of a […]
Following his participation on a panel at the British Screen Forum in London on ‘Where Next For VoD’, Ewan Douglas, Head of Nations/Regions Sales at UK commercial PSB Channel 4 has shared some thoughts on the opportunities for advertisers and broadcasters in the streaming age, admitting he has never been more optimistic about the vital […]
The ONE4HDD consortium, a project which proposes a novel solution to optimise mobile network performance in High Demand Density (HDD) environments, has confirmed the successful conclusion of its final demonstration at the British Superbikes final at Brands Hatch. The event built on the progress of previous demonstrations, showcasing the rapid deployment and high-performance capabilities of […]
Advertising technology specialist The Trade Desk has developed streaming TV operating system Ventura. The Trade Desk will partner with smart TV original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other streaming TV aggregators to deploy Ventura. According to The Trade Desk, Ventura represents a major advance in streaming TV operating systems as it solves key issues with prevailing […]
BBC Studios, the BBC’s main commercial arm, has returned £1.9 billion (€2.2bn) to the BBC by substantially growing its income and profits – reaching £1.8 billion and £202 million in 2023-24 – but needs to continue to evolve in a dynamic market to meet ambitious growth plans, a new National Audit Office (NAO) report has […]