Loton, Corp’s LiveXLive subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Big Boots Studios to build LXL Studios, devoted to the development, production and acquisition of original music and lifestyle programming for distribution across LiveXLive’s growing digital platform. LXL Studios will host LiveXLive’s music magazine-style news show, which will act as the flagship for LiveXLive. It […]
Italy’s comms watchdog, the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCom), has confirmed that it is to open an investigation into French media group Vivendi’s shareholdings in Italian broadcaster Mediaset. Mediaset had sought the Authority’s intervention submitting a complaint to AGCom highlighting the “illegality” of Vivendi’s conduct which it contended was in violation of sector […]
High definition TV will become the norm in the UK from January 1st 2017 as the Freeview logo is withdrawn from new SD TVs and set-top boxes. Guy North, Managing Director of digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview, described the move as “a landmark moment” in the evolution of UK television which would pave the way […]
Multinational telco and media company Altice is to sell its Belgium and Luxembourg multiplay business, Coditel Brabant, to Telenet Group BVBA, a direct subsidiary of Telenet Group Holding for €400 million in cash. In addition, Altice Group will provide transitional services. The transaction will be subject to regulatory review by the Belgian authorities. After a […]
A £440 million (€521m) windfall will help up to 600,000 extra homes and businesses get superfast broadband under the UK Government’s flagship rollout scheme. Funding has been unlocked to give more properties in the hardest-to-reach parts of the UK the quick and reliable internet connections which are a vital part of modern life. The cash […]
US telco giant AT&T is now offering 4K Ultra High Definition video content to businesses via its DirecTV pay-TV subsidiary, including live sports – claiming to be the first provider in the US to do so. “Many of our bar and restaurant customers cater to sports fans. Now, with 4K UHD, they can ‘up their […]
Nokia has filed a number of complaints against Apple in Germany and the US, alleging that Apple products infringe a number of Nokia patents. Following the acquisition of full ownership of NSN in 2013 and Alcatel-Lucent in 2016, Nokia now owns three valuable portfolios of intellectual property. It says that built on more than €115 […]
The Australian Copyright Council – an independent, non-profit organisation which represents the trade bodies for professional artists and content creators working in Australia’s creative industries and Australia’s major copyright collecting societies – has criticised the Productivity Commission’s Final Report on Intellectual Property Arrangements, suggesting it ignores evidence demonstrating the potential cost and damage to Australia’s […]
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has declared that broadband access Internet service is now considered a basic telecommunications service for all Canadians. The CRTC is also setting ambitious new speed targets and creating a new fund that will invest up to C$750 million (€535m) over and above existing government programmes. Further to its […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has said that in light of French media group Vivendi’s conduct in respect of its acquisition of shares in the company and failed cooperation agreement, it has submitted a complaint to the Italian communications authority the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCom) calling for urgent, even provisional, intervention the body. In […]