Ofcom has launched a consultation on its provisional views on a set of commercial offers that Openreach intends to introduce. “As Openreach has significant market power, it must give Ofcom and the wider industry advance notice before introducing certain types of commercial offers,” noted the media regulator. In June, Openreach notified Ofcom of its intention […]

SES will receive $5.6 billion (€4.9bn) in compensation for freeing up its ‘Upper tier’ C-band frequencies for auction by the FCC, and Eutelsat will receive $504 million for repurposing its frequencies. The US Federal Communications Commission approval of its Upper C-band Report & Order which makes 160 MHz of the Upper C-band available in the […]

The DVB-I Round Table has approved the DVB-I Book Germany, which defines the key principles for the implementation of DVB-I in the German market. The Round Table includes broadcasters, broadcasters’ associations, TV set manufacturers and the regulatory authority. “DVB-I offers simple and direct access to commercial and public service TV content via streaming (internet) without […]

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition by Paramount Skydance Corporation of Warner Bros Discovery. The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by Paramount. Paramount and Warner are both active in the production and distribution of theatrical and audiovisual entertainment content, such as films and […]

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the anticipated acquisition of ITV by Sky. The CMA is issuing this ‘invitation to comment’ to allow interested parties to submit to the CMA any initial views on the impact that the transaction could have on competition in the UK. The CMA has not […]

In the quarter from January to March (Q1 2026), complaints to Ofcom on fixed broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV services decreased compared to the previous quarter (Q4 2025: October to December 2025). Complaints about fixed broadband and pay-monthly mobile decreased and complaints about landline and pay-TV stayed the same. Following the increase in complaints in […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has, as expected, approved the establishmemnt of a new super-fast satellite licensing scheme which is designed to help non-geostationary satellite applications. It has also confirmed it will go ahead with a C-Band auction of spectrum in 2027. The FCC will adopt a new Part 100 licensing framework to replace the […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has welcomed what it describes as a “landmark” judgment issued by the Cairo Economic Court against two operators of the illegal streaming service StreamEast, marking one of the most significant criminal piracy rulings in Egypt and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The court […]

Joanne Elizabeth Hughes, the Licensee of the Rollers Arms in Wrexham, North East Wales, has been found guilty in her absence of three offences in relation to the dishonest broadcast of Sky televised programming. Intellectual property protection body FACT brought the criminal prosecution against Hughes at Wrexham Maelor Magistrates’ Court. The proceedings determined that the […]

The UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport is regaining its responsibility for digital matters following the arrival of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister. The department previously held the brief, being known as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, before it switched elsewhere in government. Burnham’s reorganisation of government departments and allocation of […]