Social media platforms, websites and services such as advertising display networks will have to take tougher action to stop children seeing age-restricted adverts for products such as alcohol or gambling. Fake celebrity scams and pop-up malware from hackers will also be clamped down on as part of new rules to make advertising regulation fit for […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to examine the current challenges faced by the British film and high-end television industry. The new inquiry will investigate what needs to be done to maintain and enhance the UK as a global destination for production and how the independent film production […]
The BBC has published the Terms of Reference for the review of the BBC’s policies and processes regarding non-editorial complaints. This follows the recent case regarding a complaint about the behaviour of a BBC presenter. The review will be led by BBC Group Chief Operating Officer Leigh Tavaziva. The work will be undertaken by Deloitte, […]
The UK Government should include measures to protect radio when it introduces the Media Bill to address the risk to the industry of larger platforms controlling access to stations and driving listeners elsewhere, according to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The Committee’s recommendation is contained in its first report following its […]
A UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) panel has provisionally found software solutions specialist Broadcom’s $61 billion (€57bn) acquisition of enterprise software provider VMware would not weaken competition in the supply of critical computer server products. The announcement follows a similar ruling on July 13th from the European Commission. Following its initial Phase 1 investigation, […]
Research from diversity and inclusion social enterprise Creative Access confirms a dip in optimism about career futures in individuals from under-represented groups in the creative industries. The Creative Access Thrive Report 2023 comes after a gruelling year for talent as well as comms agencies and PR & marketing functions navigating the world of work – […]
Trade body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has achieved what it describes as “significant” piracy takedown success for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 tournament. IBCAP’s monitoring and protection efforts played an instrumental role in mitigating the piracy of live cricket matches not only in IBCAP member markets, such as the United States, […]
The UK’s rollout of gigabit-capable broadband and 5G connectivity would benefit from improvements in communication, collaboration and consistency between local authorities and the telecoms industry, according to a new report, Local Authorities as Connectivity Enablers, produced for the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), the leading advisory body to the UK Government on connectivity, by the consultancy […]
An Indonesian criminal court in Jakarta sentenced four individuals each to 12 years in prison on July 17th for corruption involving the lease of a satellite from Avanti Communications. A US citizen, Thomas Anthony Van Der Heyden, who serves as a senior advisor in DNK, was the last to be convicted in a separate hearing […]
Altice co-founder Armando Pereira has been detained in Portugal as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, tax fraud and money laundering. Altice’s Lisbon headquarters were raided by officers, according to local broadcasters. Altice Portugal is the country’s largest telecoms company and is part of the Dutch-based telecoms and cable group Altice. Portugal’s department of […]