UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that implementation of copyright infringement warning letters is unlikely to occur before mid-2014. Speaking at a Westminster Media Forum Seminar on Copyright regulation and combating piracy in the UK and Europe, Justin Le Patourel, Head of Copyright, Ofcom admitted that there would be a further delay to the process. […]
Nearly half of all Internet users are unsure whether the content they are accessing online is legal, Ofcom research has found. However, one in six people online believed they downloaded or accessed content illegally over a three-month period this year. The findings come from the first wave of a large-scale consumer study into the extent […]
From December 12th, TV viewers across metropolitan France will be able to watch six new DTT channels broadcast exclusively in HD: Chérie 25, HD1, L’Équipe 21, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte and 6TER. The launch of these brand new channels marks another milestone in the expansion of free-to-air digital broadcast services in France and the progressive […]
“Girls of the Playboy Mansion”, a show that aired on E! Entertainment in the UK, has cost the broadcaster a £40,000 (€50,000) fine from TV regulator Ofcom. According to Ofcom the show featured “prolonged sequences of nudity” in two back-to-back episodes shown during last year’s Christmas holiday season. Even though the shows aired at 10pm, […]
Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has entered into a strategic cooperation with Poland’s leading media group and owner of the country’s largest satellite operator – Cyfrowy Polsat. Viasat’s Explorer, History and Nature factual pay-TV channels will be available on Cyfrowy Polsat’s DTH satellite platform in Poland starting in November 2012. The three channels will […]
The Ukrainian version of EuroNews is in financial trouble and has reportedly not paid its fees for the current year. BBC Monitoring is reporting text from Russia’s Kommersant newspaper that the channel owes some $3.81 million which is supposed to be paid by the end of this year. If the bill isn’t paid then – […]
Dream TV is a popular entertainment channel broadcasting out of Cairo. It was one of the very first private (non-government) channels to be licensed by the former Mubarak regime. Last week it “suspended” transmissions with an on-air caption saying that the new Egyptian government has banned the channel “despite the broadcaster’s legality”. Dream TV has […]
Fox International Channels has unveiled plans to launch a Fox channel in the UK on January 11th, 2013. The new channel will premiere entertainment content, and results from the rebranding of the group’s current UK entertainment channel FX. The new network will continue to be accessed by UK viewers via Sky/Virgin/ EPG number. Following record-breaking […]
UK telco BT is likely to appeal against a court ruling that cleared BSkyB to charge higher wholesale costs for access to its premium sports content. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley technology, media and telecoms conference in Barcelona, Ian Livingston, chief executive, said he was “minded to appeal” the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) decision in […]
Google has unveiled further updates to Google TV, building on the 2011 update which added Google Play and simplified the entertainment discovery experience. Writing in the Google TV blog, Product Managers Greg Funk and Eric Liu say that next update makes finding whatever you want on Google TV “even faster and easier”. The update starts […]