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BBC DG resigns; Trump threatens $1bn legal action

BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness have resigned after controversy over a documentary edit pertaining to US President Donald Trump. It comes after The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo suggesting Panorama edited two parts of Trump’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the […]

November 10, 2025

India consults on strengthening anti-piracy measures

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has begun a formal consultation process aimed at strengthening India’s digital anti-piracy ecosystem, issuing a public notice inviting inputs from key stakeholders across the Media and Entertainment sector. The notice reflects growing industry concerns regarding the economic impact and enforcement challenges linked to the proliferation of pirated films, broadcast […]

November 10, 2025By Colin Mann

Is Australia ready for under 16 social media ban?

With one month to go until perhaps the biggest social media exodus in history, Australia is getting ready to freeze 2.8 million young people out of their accounts, as part of a social media ban for under-16s. Around one in eight of Australia’s social media users are aged under 16, despite existing rules prohibiting under-13s […]

November 7, 2025

MPs express concern over BBC editorial standards

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to BBC Chair Samir Shah to ask what action is being taken over concerns raised by a former adviser to the corporation’s editorial standards body. The letter asks for the Committee to be provided with the full report previously provided to […]

November 5, 2025By Colin Mann

Samsung hit with $191m patent fine

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics has been hit with a $191.4 million (€166.3m) penalty fine for infringing two US patents held by Irish business Pictiva Display. Pictiva convinced a Texas jury that a wide range of Samsung devices violated Pictiva’s patent rights in technology for enhancing the resolution, brightness and power efficiency of OLED displays. Pictiva […]

November 5, 2025By Chris Forrester

CODA writes to OpenAI on Sora 2 rights protection

At the request of its member companies, Japanese antipiracy body CODA (Content Overseas Distribution Association) has submitted a written request to OpenAI, 2025 regarding the operation of Sora 2 (sora.chatgpt.com), which the company launched on September 30th, 2025. CODA has confirmed that a large portion of content produced by Sora 2 closely resembles Japanese content […]

November 4, 2025By Colin Mann

Australia: Local production quota for streamers

New Australian rules require global streaming platforms with more than 1 million Australian subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure – or 7.5 per cent of their revenues – on local originals. Australia’s Labor government has long planned to bring in the quotas as part of its Revive cultural policy. Global […]

November 4, 2025

Israel advances media controls

Israeli lawmakers have advanced legislation to give the government wide-ranging new powers over television and radio groups. The bill — which must pass two more votes in parliament to become law — was put forward by Israel’s hardline communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, who has long sought greater control over the media. The new law would […]

November 4, 2025

5G FWA breakthrough brings high-speed broadband to MDUs

The Broadband Forum has announced the publication of its latest technical report that outlines how multiple tenants and apartments can receive gigabit broadband connectivity through a single 5G FWA connection by reusing the building’s existing infrastructure. This new specification solves challenges prevalent in Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs), such as the limited availability of service options for […]

November 4, 2025

Govt campaign to ‘demystify’ creative jobs for young people

A UK Government-commissioned report suggests a lack of information, understanding and support is preventing young people from working in creative sectors including film and TV, music, visual arts, advertising and video games. The research reveals that although nearly one in three (31 per cent) of young people aged 11-18 years old express an interest in […]

November 3, 2025By Colin Mann