More than 7,000 residents, believed to have been using an illegal TV streaming service, are set to receive warning notices this week from Lancashire Police in the northwest of England. The force’s cyber-crime unit is issuing the warnings to subscribers of an IPTV service which allows users to illegally stream premium channels at a reduced […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2 for an in-depth Phase 2 investigation. The move comes after Virgin and O2 requested that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) move quickly to the in-depth Phase 2 stage of its review through a ‘fast-track’ […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published its proposed 2021/22 Plan of Work, outlining its priorities for the next financial year. It is publishing these proposals as the coronavirus continues to present challenges for people and businesses across the UK. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen that high-quality, reliable communications services have been more important than […]
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, has released text of bipartisan legislation that would punish large-scale criminal streaming services that wilfully and for commercial advantage or private financial gain offer to the public illicit services dedicated to illegally streaming copyrighted material. The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act would […]
The European Commission seems enthusiastic about backing its own dedicated Low Earth Orbit system for satellite-based broadband. Speaking during the European Space Week 2020 its Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, spoke in favour of a Quantum Communications Infrastructure satellite scheme. The European Commission has awarded a group of European telcos, satellite manufacturers and […]
Following the recent Annual General Meeting of the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), four new members have joined the Board of AVIA and a new Chairman has been elected. The new Chairman and board members are from across the spectrum of the video industry, both geographically and functionally, and include heads of content companies as […]
WarnerMedia’s AT&T has agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Sony’s Funimation Global Group in a deal worth $1.175 billion (€0.9bn). Crunchyroll is an anime direct-to-consumer service within AT&T’s WarnerMedia segment with over 3 million SVoD subscribers and growing. It currently serves 90 million registered users across more than 200 countries and territories offering […]
ViacomCBS has confirmed the appointment of Raffaele Annecchino as President and CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), effective immediately. He succeeds David Lynn, who is stepping down and will depart the company following a transition period.
Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios have announced a €500,000 commitment to support workers working behind the scenes in Germany’s entertainment industry that have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many TV and movie productions, concerts and other events have been delayed or came completely to a halt due to the Covid-19 crisis. As a […]
Intelsat’s bankruptcy court has been asked to approve bonus payments for the operator’s key staff. The court will decide on December 21st whether to grant the request. Intelsat, in its filing earlier this week, stressed that despite the reconstruction of the company under Chapter 11, the every day work has to continue. Consequently, the KEIP […]