The communications minister Lord Stephen Carter is to leave his job after this week’s Digital Britain report is published. It is being reported that Carter will leave the government by the end of next month to return to the private sector. Carter has been in the role 18 months after a fraught spell as Downing […]
Research by Epitiro, the broadband communications authority, reveals that speeds delivered to UK mobile broadband users are significantly less than those advertised. The research covered popular broadband activities such as web surfing, downloading music and movies, VoIP telephone calling, Internet gaming and watching streaming video. Leading mobile broadband operators 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Media […]
Sky says the “crown jewels” list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television amounts to a “tax on sport” that subsidises terrestrial broadcasters. In its submission to the government’s review of the A list of sporting events that must shown on free to air TV, the pay-TV broadcaster also argues that the policy reduces competition […]
Calls for internet service providers to halt illegal file sharing are “naive”, according to Charles Dunstone, the boss of Carphone Warehouse. He said the solution is education about the benefits of respecting copyright coupled with services that allow consumers “to get content easily and cheaply”. Dunstone said people had become “obsessed” by peer-to-peer file sharing […]
According to UBS Research, AT&T is slowing the deployment of their “next-generation” VDSL IPTV service, U-Verse. UBS initially expected AT&T to pass 11 million homes in 2009, but has 're-guesstimated' that AT&T will pass just 4-5 million homes this year. That would be down from 9 million in 2008. AT&T admits there’s been a recession-related […]
A new DTH platform for Germany will launch with channels from the Eutelsat Kabelkiosk platform. AllesSehen will have two packages of channels available. One will offer 11 German language channels, a second, called US Entertain, will include a number of mainly English language channels, including America Unleashed and BBC Prime. In addition, viewers will be […]
Viacom Brand Solutions, Pearl & Dean and MySpace are combining to launch Screen, a new cross-media commercial venture in the UK, offering brands a tailored TV, cinema and online advertising service. The three firms will collaborate on specific projects using their separate, existing sales teams. The partnership will present advertisers and agencies with a one-stop-shop […]
The BBC Trust has delayed its decision on the go-ahead of the BBC lead Project Canvas as it calls on more detail from BBC executives and their partners BT and ITV. The Trust, which had decided there was no need for a commercial impact assessment, was due to make a decision in July, however all […]
Sweden’s Pirate Party, striking a chord with voters who want more free content on the Internet, won a seat in the European Parliament. The Pirate Party captured 7.1 percent of votes in Sweden, enough to give it a single seat. The party wants to deregulate copyright, abolish the patent system and reduce surveillance on the […]
C4 is to put its back catalogue online free of charge – giving viewers the chance to watch every episode of its homegrown shows. From July, more than 4,000 hours of the channel’s archived content – about 10,000 programme titles – will be added to the 4oD catchup service. The catchup service currently offers viewers […]