The Culture, Media and Sport Committee and Science, Innovation and Technology Committee of the UK House of Commons will hold a joint evidence session on the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright law. The session, on February 4th, will consider the Government’s recently announced consultation on copyright and AI. MPs will examine the current […]
Prime Video has informed its subscribers in Italy that, from February 28th, it will no longer carry DAZN as part of its Prime Video Channels offering. DAZN, which holds the Serie A broadcasting rights, is legally required to have its audience figures certified, typically by an audience measurement organisation such as Auditel. This certification is […]
Canal+ Group has threatened to reduce its €220 million annual movie investment in France in light of the fresh windowing agreement between Disney+ and the industry. “This offer is no longer on the table today. From my point of view, it will necessarily drop, the question is by how much,” stated CEO Maxime Saada, at […]
Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has called for urgent joint industry action and new regulation to ensure young people can find verified, independent news easily on social media. The call to action follows new Channel 4 research revealing the scale of the challenges facing Gen Z in an era where platforms have “publicly announced a […]
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent inquiry group has published provisional findings following an in-depth assessment into cloud services. It has provisionally found that competition is not working as well as it could be, which is likely to be leading to higher costs, less choice, less innovation and lower quality of service for businesses […]
Apple will invest more in developing European and French content in France under a new deal with the French government. While in line with its previous spending in the country, the new agreement commits the Apple TV+ streaming service to investing 20 per cent of its previous year’s net sales in France into the initiative. […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has published written evidence submitted to the Committee’s inquiry into British film and high-end TV on TV production ahead of evidence sessions. The widespread challenges being faced by the domestic production sector in getting high-end drama and other television programmes made are highlighted […]
Media regulator Ofcom has fined video sharing platform, MintStars, £7,000 (€8,289) for failing to adequately protect children from accessing adult content. Under existing laws which pre-date the Online Safety Act, UK-established video-sharing platforms (VSPs) are required to have measures in place to protect under-18s from videos containing restricted material. Ofcom’s industry guidance sets out, among […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched strategic market status (SMS) investigations in a second area of digital activity: mobile ecosystems. Two investigations – one into Apple and another into Google – will assess in parallel these firms’ position in their respective ‘mobile ecosystems’ which include the operating systems, app stores and browsers […]
Unjustified geo-blocking which limits consumers’ freedom by restricting their access to online goods and services across the EU remains a problem, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). While the 2018 Geo-blocking Regulation aimed to address such discrimination based on nationality or residence, it still faces practical challenges in the […]