Middle East satellite jamming has reached what one local broadcaster has described as “catastrophic” proportions. While Eutelsat and Intelsat have legitimately removed troublesome Iranian (IRIB) channels from their satellites, the jamming from within Iran and affecting incoming satellite feeds continues. The BBC, France 24, Deutsche Welle and the Voice of America are just some of […]
Dario Vivas, President of Venezuela’s National Assembly Popular Power & Communication Media Commission, says that the Venezuelan Government will revise its Pay-TV rules. The draft bill addresses three issues: the contract tie between the user and the company, the operator’s programming and prioritizing national broadcasters in Pay-TV services and EPGs. Deputy Blanca Eekhour, in charge […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has described recent interruptions to news delivered by satellite into parts of the Middle East as “an attack on media independence.” The targeted jamming cut off radio and television content by broadcasters including the BBC, France 24, Deutsche Welle and the Voice of America. European satellite operator Eutelsat reports that […]
The litigation between Cablevision/VOOM and EchoStar/Dish has been settled out of court. EchoStar will pay $700 million in cash to Cablevision, and in addition will re-start transmissions of the AMC channels onto the Dish Network DTH system. This means AMC, IFC, Sundance and WEtv channels get reinstated as part of the “multi-year agreement”, effective October […]
Over the past few weeks, the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has been getting on with the job of awarding digital transmission licences for the Local TV applications. The new channels will transmit on Freeview. However, the big prize, that of content playout, transmission responsibility and accountability for the management of the national digital channel ‘Muxco’ […]
BT and Virgin Media have launched legal action against Birmingham City Council over its plans to build a superfast broadband network. The council had successfully applied for European Commission State Aid funding for the scheme. The council argues that it will help local areas which are underserved by existing providers. However Virgin Media argues there […]
UK PM David Cameron joined the chorus of criticism of the BBC saying the corporation had “serious questions to answer” about why it in effect changed its story on the reasons why it dropped a Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile abuse allegations. “The developments today are concerning because the BBC has effectively changed its story […]
The US’s Center for Copyright Information (CCI) – a collaborative effort between content creators in the movie and music industries and leading IPSs to help educate the public and deter copyright infringement – is close to implementing the Copyright Alert System (CAS) it initially announced in July 2011. The body says its top priority has […]
BBC World News, along with other international broadcasters, are being deliberately jammed by forces inside Syrian according to John Williams, the broadcaster’s foreign editor. Williams said that the BBC’s international TV network was being blocked in what he described as a “blatant violation of international TV regulations”. Williams Tweets: “BBC World News being deliberately jammed […]
The Cablevision/VOOM $2.4 billion breach of contract legal action against EchoStar/Dish was abruptly halted on Wednesday. EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen was expected as a witness during the day. The jury will reassemble on Monday, unless the parties can agree to a settlement. Observers saw lawyers from both sides huddled into a private room at the […]