A member of the European Parliament responsible for the preparation of the body’s report on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has warned that the UK economy needs to find another way to protect its intellectual property, as the measure is unlikely to be voted through by the European Parliament. ACTA rapporteur David Martin MEP made […]
The ongoing saga of inquiries into phone hacking and media ethics is likely to see the planned publication of a communications green paper put back until after Jeremy Hunt, the UK culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations […]
The Commerce Commission has completed its investigation into the joint venture between Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ) and Sky Network Television Limited (Sky) finding the pay TV market will not be less competitive as a result of the venture. In November 2011, TVNZ entered into a joint venture agreement with Sky to launch a new […]
The UK government has revealed that a new code of practice setting out new anti-piracy measures and procedures is expected to be published in June. The suggestion came in the government’s response to the Film Policy Review Panel’s report – A Future For British Film: It begins with the audience… The response, prepared by the […]
The May 14th news that India’s broadcasting regulator is changing the rules on advertising has created some major headaches for local broadcasters. The new rules are wide-reaching but the main problem focuses on the maximum ‘12 minutes in any hour’ limit. Bosses from India’s general entertainment channels met in Mumbai and Delhi on May 15 […]
India’s media regulator has upset most broadcasters by limiting the number of TV ads that can be shown in any 1 hour period to 12 minutes. Worse, as far as broadcasters are concerned, is that unused ad-minutes cannot be carried over. This reverses a pattern of operation where broadcasters could average their ad-minutes transmitted from […]
Barry-Diller-backed TV platform Aereo, which allows paying customers to record and watch over-the-air television stations online, could destroy the economic model behind television, according to a court filing from NBCUniversal The Internet TV service is being sued by all of the major television broadcasters in federal court in New York, where the service was launched […]
Comms regulator Ofcom has invited applications for 21 local TV channels across the UK. This follows new duties given to the regulator by Parliament to license local TV. The local TV channels will broadcast on a specially-reserved ‘multiplex’; this is a discrete amount of spectrum used for broadcasting over digital terrestrial TV (DTT). In addition […]
The Netherlands has become the first country in Europe to adopt laws that protect net neutrality. The new legislation, approved last summer, blocks ISPs from slowing down or blocking traffic to specific websites or services, and from charging extra for access to certain websites or apps. It’s now been officially passed into law. Last year, […]
The European Commission has presented a report on the application of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The AVMSD enables the free circulation of audiovisual content and meets important public policy objectives such as banning incitement to hatred, protecting minors from harmful content and promoting European audiovisual works. The key issues covered in the report […]