Screen body Creative Content Creative Content Australia (CCA) has launched a new anti-piracy campaign with the support of Australia’s media industry to warn consumers of the risks of watching TV, film and live sport on unofficial sites The three-month campaign is designed to inform consumers about safeguarding their privacy, following the results of CCA’s 15th […]
Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses struggling to fulfil basic online tasks due to outdated broadband infrastructure will receive major Internet speed upgrades, as the UK Government fixes the digital divide and powers up all regions of Britain. Up to £800 million (€936m) in government investment will be made available to modernise broadband […]
Two brothers from Ilford, East London, have been sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison for operating an illegal streaming service that offered subscriptions to premium television content, including Sky. Amir Butt was sentenced to seven years in prison and his brother Ammar Hussain was sentenced to four years after being found guilty […]
Disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards has been asked by the BBC to return the £200,000+ (€233,000) salary he earned after being arrested in November 2023 on child abuse image charges, as the corporation launches an independent review following the case. New chair Samir Shah, said: “Mr Edwards pleaded guilty to an appalling crime. Had he been […]
One in five Slovaks who watch or download audiovisual content does so illegaly, according to a public opinion poll carried out by Europea agency for the Association of Television Broadcasters of Slovakia (ATVS). The poll showed that 47 per cent of people in Slovakia use at least one paid platform to watch movies, series or […]
Five of the UK’s largest alternative fibre network operators have joined forces to push for fairer access to physical infrastructure operated by Openreach. Initiated by nexfibre, the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) Coalition also comprises AllPoints Fibre, Community Fibre, Gigaclear, and newly-merged Netomnia and Brsk. Together, these members represent over 5 million premises ready for service, […]
The UK Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, brought together leaders representing more than 150 strategically important organisations – spanning the creative industries, sport, media, youth services, tourism and the arts – at a summit in Manchester (July 31st) to invite them to work with DCMS in delivering the Government’s national mission of economic growth over the […]
NOW, Sky’s streaming service, has seen one of its online ads banned for being ‘misleading’ by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after a solitary complaint was upheld. The home page of the Now website, seen on March 29th, featured an offer for ‘Entertainment 6 Month Saver for £6.99 a month’ followed by details about the […]
UK MPs have begun the process of electing the chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the new Parliament. The Speaker announced the timetable for the elections on July 30th . The period of nominations will run until 4pm on September 9th with the ballot scheduled for September 11th. The new Chair will […]
Podcast, radio and audiobook industry trade body AudioUK has launched an anonymised survey to gather some key data as it steps up its work to secure Government measures to grow the UK podcast and audiobook sector. Key among AudioUK’s policies, outlined in its manifesto produced earlier in the year, is a tax relief for podcasting […]