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Paramount carriage fight with YouTube

Paramount seems ready for a carriage battle with YouTube.  “We have made a series of fair offers to continue our long-standing relationship with Google’s YouTube TV, providing subscribers access to the full array of Paramount’s entertainment, news and sports programming,” a spokesperson for Paramount told Deadline. “YouTube TV is attempting to pressure Paramount to agree […]

February 13, 2025

Ofcom sets out 6 GHz spectrum sharing proposals

UK comms regulator Ofcom has published proposals for upper 6 GHz spectrum to be made available and shared between mobile and Wi-Fi services. The UK is spearheading efforts to explore the sharing of upper 6 GHz by these two different technologies, which should bring benefits to the economy, and has also been promoting this approach […]

February 13, 2025By Colin Mann

France: DAZN delays Ligue 1 payments

Sports streaming platform DAZN has threatened not to pay part of the due sums to the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), citing growing Ligue 1 football piracy. The LFP has urged an emergency meeting of its administration board. This week, DAZN is scheduled to pay the fourth contracted instalment in a deal signed in summer […]

February 12, 2025From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Star India wins blocking injunction

The Delhi High Court has issued an interim injunction in favour of Star India which bars the IPTV Smarter Pro media player and other defendants from illegally streaming the broadcaster’s copyrighted content. Justice Mini Pushkarna, who granted the order, noted that Star India had established a prima facie case for an injunction and would suffer […]

February 12, 2025By Colin Mann

Disney goes ‘unwoke’

Disney has scrapped diversity and inclusion as a metric in setting executive pay. The company told staff  it was updating “how our values are embedded in our leader compensation programmes”. A new metric of ‘talent strategy’, was added to its executive pay scheme, though it said “important concepts” from the old plan would remain in […]

February 12, 2025

Ofcom consults on Media Act implementation

UK media regulator Ofcom is publishing two consultations as part of its implementation of the Media Act. These new laws seek to ensure, among other things, that audiences can easily find and discover public service broadcasters’ content on connected TV platforms, and that they are well served by this content. Specifically, the new laws require […]

February 11, 2025By Colin Mann

Research highlights illegal streaming sites risks

A study released in support of Safer Internet Day 2025 (February 11th), has uncovered concerning risks for users of illegal streaming sites. The research reveals that 76 per cent of the UK’s 30 most-visited pirate sites are actively exposing users to scams, financial fraud, and explicit content – posing a serious threat to online safety. […]

February 11, 2025By Colin Mann

Research highlights illegal streaming sites risks

A new study, released in support of Safer Internet Day 2025 (February 11th), has uncovered concerning risks for users of illegal streaming sites. The research reveals that 76 per cent of the UK’s 30 most-visited pirate sites are actively exposing users to scams, financial fraud, and explicit content—posing a serious threat to online safety. To […]

February 11, 2025By Colin Mann

Starlink quits South Africa satellite discussion

Last week the South African government, via its ICASA telecoms regulator, held formal public consultations on a proposed licensing plan for satellite services in the country. But SpaceX, and therefore Starlink, declined to appear. SpaceX was due to make a presentation to the hearing, but failed to turn up. According to an ICASA spokeswoman, SpaceX […]

February 10, 2025By Chris Forrester

New C-band auction mooted

Kathy Grillo, SVP, public policy & government affairs at US telco Verizon, speaking on reports that the US government wanted to access more C-band spectrum for terrestrial use, said Verizon welcomed the news. “We are now years past the last auction of mid-band spectrum and we are far from where we need to be as […]

February 7, 2025By Chris Forrester