The English Premier League has secured a High Court order requiring ISPs to block football streaming site First Row Sports. The High Court ruled that the website, which didn’t host any live streams directly, was acting jointly with third party streaming services that broadcast public live footage of Premier League football matches. A Premier League […]
BSkyB unveils its full year numbers on July 26th, and the market in general expects 2013 to have been a good year for the broadcaster. But a Berenberg Bank analyst believes that UK media regulator Ofcom again has BSkyB in its sights. Sarah Simon, from Berenberg’s media division, is blunt: “Recent moves by Ofcom confirm […]
A group of ad networks has formally signed on to a voluntary plan aimed at curbing online piracy. 24/7 Media, Adtegrity, AOL, Condé Nast, Google, Microsoft, SpotXchange, and Yahoo!, with the support of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, committed to a set of best practices to address online infringement by reducing the flow of ad revenue […]
In June, TiVo agreed terms with Cisco Systems and Google whereby the two giants agreed to pay up $490 million to settle outstanding litigation over the use of TiVo patents. The cash is to be paid over to TiVo by August 1st. Meanwhile, TiVo has to confirm formally that all its litigation against Cisco and […]
Internet TV service Aereo is facing a further legal action, following copyright complaints filed in New York, its first market roll-out. Boston’s WCVB-TV has filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Boston, alleging that Aereo is violating federal copyright law by rebroadcasting the station’s Channel 5’s programming without permission. “Aereo’s business and technology stand […]
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has filed a complaint against Al Jazeera’s beIN Sport for anti-competitive behaviour. According to BFM Business, Canal+ filed a complaint with the Tribunal de Commerce after preparing a case over the last few months. The broadcaster is arguing that the Qatari group is engaging in unfair competition, and that Canal Plus, […]
The French anti-piracy law that disconnected those suspected of illegal file-sharing after ‘3 strikes’has been overturned and replaced with a system of automatic fines. The “Hadopi law” succumbed to the pressure of the entertainment industry and would disconnect those suspected of online piracy. Users were first sent two written warnings, in what was called a […]
India has changed its rules regarding the percentage of foreign ownership allowed in its giant telcos. At present local ownership must limits foreign ownership to 74 per cent. Once ratified the new rules permit 100 per cent, however a non-Indian company will be limited to a 49 per cent stake. The balance no longer need […]
Brazilian pay-TV operator GVT says its DTH service cannot currently comply with the nation’s ‘must carry’ rules of free-to-air services because it does not have spare bandwidth on its satellite. The failure earlier this year of Intelsat-27which would have provide much-needed extra capacity, means it is “impossible” for the obligations to be honoured. Brazil’s regulator […]
Ofcom has imposed financial penalties of £85,000 and £20,000 on DM Digital Television Limited in respect of its service DM Digital – a digital satellite TV channel primarily aimed at an Asian audience in the UK and also broadcast in the Middle East and parts of Asia. This penalty follows Ofcom’s findings, published in May […]