Netflix has asked US lawmakers to prevent cablecos from hindering its growth by imposing online-data consumption limits for customers. Netflix, with 23.4 million subscribers, said in testimony submitted for a hearing this week before the House communications and technology subcommittee in Washington: “When you couple limited broadband competition with a strong desire to protect a […]
Richard Lindsay-Davies, Director General, of the UK’s Digital TV Group (DTG) the not-for-profit trade body formed to ensure the successful delivery and evolution of digital TV and associated technologies, has confirmed that the organisation will continue to safeguard the consumer experience of digital terrestrial television and connected TV. Addressing delegates at the Westminster eForum seminar […]
Ilse Howling, Managing Director of UK digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview, has suggested that the future of the service is at risk should unfavourable decisions be made in terms of the reuse of UHF spectrum. Advising delegates at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on ‘The future of free-to-air TV’ that the platform had reached 2.6 […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published a draft code for consultation that would require large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to inform customers of allegations that their Internet connection has been used to infringe copyright. The code, which Ofcom is required to publish under the Digital Economy Act 2010, includes measures to help inform the public […]
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Communications and Technology is to hold a hearing on ‘The Future of Video’ on Wednesday June 27. Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden said that since the passage of the 1992 Cable Act there had been a sea change in the way that consumers gain access to video content. “The […]
The Middle East has some of the highest concentrations of satellite dishes anywhere in the world. But now Sharjah emirate, which is alongside that of Dubai on the Arabian Gulf, has banned satellite dishes that are fixed to balconies and terraces. Sultan Al Muallah, Director-General of the Sharjah Municipality, says residents can instead subscribe to […]
The intended digitalisation of cable TV services in four Indian ‘metros’ will now be extended four months beyond the scheduled July 1 introduction, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has confirmed. The decision to defer the plan for switchover from analogue to digitalised signals follows the realisation that the metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and […]
Ed Vaizey, the Culture Minister, has suggested that concerns surrounding content will play a leading role in the ongoing review of the regulatory framework supporting the UK communications sector. “In an age focused on Internet piracy, content is more important,” he told delegates at the Future of Entertainment Summit in London. He accepted that this […]
Ofcom has come out in favour of ‘plurality checks’ of the UK news media every four or five years. And it believes the reviews should include the BBC and online news. So far, so interesting. But Ofcom doesn’t regulate the BBC – it would like to as this policy suggestion indicates – and certainly someone […]
Global, cross-media project the Linked Content Coalition (LCC), launched back in April to address challenges of managing Intellectual Property in the digital age, is holding its first Plenary meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, 20 June. Technical work is being undertaken by executives from news media, publishing, TV, film, music, IT and internet media businesses (including […]