Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed it has shut down France’s second most popular illegal streaming and direct download site, Extreme-down. ACE identified the operator in Houmt Souk, Tunisia. ACE approached the operator, who subsequently ceased the illicit operations and transferred all domains to ACE. The domains now redirect to […]
Hong Kong multiplay operator i-CABLE Communications has announced that, in view of the rapidly changing media landscape in Hong Kong and fierce competition among the global paid TV content providers and pay-TV operators, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (CABLE TV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has submitted an application for the surrender of the […]
The BBC’s offices in India have been raided by tax officials, just weeks after airing a documentary critical of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, which was later blocked in India by the government. More than a dozen officials from the country’s income tax department turned up at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai, where […]
Richard Sharp, the current Chair of the BBC, may have been an outstanding banker. He worked for both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs and, presumably, made them a lot of money, certainly made himself rich. Is that the definition of a good banker? Did he do it more outstandingly than any of the other individuals […]
BBC Chair Richard Sharp made ‘significant errors of judgement’ when failing to declare his role in the facilitation of a loan to the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and should reflect on the potential damage caused to trust in the Corporation, according to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The conclusion from the Committee […]
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are to form a joint venture for the implementation of a privacy-by-design digital marketing technology platform in Europe that they say could benefit consumers, advertisers and publishers alike. The creation of this new entity has been approved by the European Commission, pursuant to the European Union Merger Regulation. The […]
UK-based tech disruptor Avealto is taking legal action against a subsidiary of Airbus. The company, which is committed to providing a novel, environmentally friendly solution to deliver low cost, high-speed Internet to the world’s poorest communities, has issued a cease and desist letter against Airbus HAPS Connectivity Solutions Ltd – recently renamed Aalto HAPS Ltd […]
The European VOD Coalition, which represents video-on-demand (VoD) companies active across the entire EU, has suggested the EU legal regime needs further strengthening to help us protect its members’ content, arguing that the increasingly important role that VoD platforms play within the entertainment industry is threatened by the growing risk of piracy. “As such, we […]
An economic impact assessment of film and television production incentives has found that the Australian government’s production offset programmes deliver a high level of return on investment. The report also finds that offset programmes underpin Australia’s global standing as a leading production hub among countries where governments have recognised the sector’s economic and cultural benefits. […]
Research conducted for the Attorney-General’s Department has revealed the rate of Australians accessing online content unlawfully remains extremely high. In November 2022, the country’s government announced a review of copyright enforcement mechanisms to ensure Australia’s copyright laws remain fit-for-purpose and better able to adapt to evolving technologies and behaviours. The 2022 Consumer Survey on Online […]