Ofcom is considering further relaxing the TV advertising rules, Chief Executive Ed Richards commented: “Ofcom is committed to reducing its regulatory burdens. In the last few years the TV sector has moved on with substantial increases in the take-up of digital services and in the number of available channels, and consolidation in the advertising buying […]
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (Sabip), a body set up to advise the UK government, has been looking into “offline” copyright infringement after its research last year into online piracy threw up questions about how consumers get films, music and games for free. “There’s a whole big question here around what is happening […]
New rules to be introduced by government decree will require Italians who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorisation from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web. The decree is ostensibly an enactment of a European Union (EU) directive on product placement and […]
Deutsche Telekom has applied to the German Federal Network Agency to approve the charges for use of three elements of its fibre-optic infrastructure. The Group is offering access in multi-function cabinets for a monthly unit price. Telecommunications companies who use slots in the multi-function cabinet pay a corresponding portion of the unit price. Niek Jan […]
Sony Pictures Television has signed a VOD deal with Voddler, the Swedish home entertainment service, to make movies from the Hollywood studio available on-demand to users of the on-demand service. The agreement means that Voddler users can immediately access a range of recent and library titles from the Sony Pictures feature film catalogue on a […]
French media company Lagardere has denied rumors that the group is selling its stakes in European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co and Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group. There was speculation in the markets that Lagardere was going to sell its stakes in the two companies. Lagardere has said before that the company would eventually sell the […]
Polish regional operator Wist, operating in the Rzeszow region, has confirmed the launch of its IPTV service. The system operates using the operator’s ADSL2+ network. The operator also started providing VOD and PVR services. The new platform was designed and implemented by Polish firm Vector.
The BBC has revealed that of the record 100 million iPlayer requests in December, 11 per cent were via games consoles, 75 per cent up on prior months. The news comes as The BBC Trust announces another consultation this time on specifics of the on demand services provided through iPlayer. Consultations are open until March […]
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has unsurprisingly supported the Federal Communications Commission's recognition that its Internet policies should be subject to 'reasonable network management' and urged the Commission to continue to allow the industry to establish appropriate management techniques to meet evolving consumer needs. ATIS cited the ongoing work of its Next Generation […]
US reports say that yesterday's sale of the EMEA end of the cable modem business marks the end not the beginning of the sale process for the whole $4bn division. Motorola is rethinking as bids for the US unit have come in some way below expectations. Long term strategy remains to separate the handset, enterprise […]