Italian broadcaster Mediaset has announced that it will appeal against the decision of the EU Court of Justice, which said European countries mustn’t ban decoders for services available anywhere in Europe. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on the protection of intellectual rights, Mediaset president, Fedele Confalonieri, said they are still examining the ruling, […]
The European Court of Justice decision on the Portsmouth pub’s right to tune into a Greek version of Premier League football meant a day of headline reactions (mainly over-reactions really), before, by nightfall, all had agreed the judgement needed very careful consideration. The ECJ judgment said: “The Court of Justice holds that national legislation […]
The English Premier League has lost its fight before the European Court of Justice to the extent it has ruled there must be a free market in the provision of programme service decoders. The judgement could be costly to those who sell exclusive territorial rights to sports and other events and will be costly and […]
Hollywood studio Miramax has been invigorated by the digital age, according to CEO Mike Lang. Delivering a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM, Lang described the studio’s new approach as “a bit more Silicon Valley than Hollywood,” adding that Miramax was a media company that was almost forgotten and the digital market wasn’t really a focus […]
Hit international TV formats such as Big Brother and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? are being protected by the laws of copyright, unfair competition, passing off and breach of confidence, according to a report launched at MIPCOM by FRAPA — the Format Recognition and Protection Association. The FRAPA Report 2011: Protecting Format Rights, […]
The English Premier League has lost its fight before the European Court of Justice which has ruled there must be a free market in the provision of programme services. The judgement will be very costly to those who sell exclusive territorial rights to sports and other events and will be costly and complicated for the […]
The English Premier League may restrict the number of European countries that can screen its live matches if Europe’s most senior judges rule that it must sell its broadcast rights on a single market basis. The European Court of Justice next week hands down its judgment in the so-called ’pub landlady case’ a ruling […]
Miramax has signed a multi-year agreement to bring its films to Hulu subscribers in Japan. Beginning immediately, Hulu subscribers in Japan will be able to instantly watch a wide variety of Miramax movies on multiple platforms, including Internet-connected living room devices such as TVs, Blu-ray players, and gaming consoles in addition to PCs, tablets and […]
Netflix, the Internet subscription service for TV shows and movies, has secured the rights for the North-American premiere of Tom Fontana’s Borgia series. The distributor Beta Film/Munich has confirmed that Borgia will be given its first US showing on the VoD provider, which has over 25 million subscribers in the US, Canada and Latin America. […]
LoveFilm and StudioCanal have signed an exclusive long-term deal in the UK and Germany giving LoveFilm members access to the portfolio of new and library movies from the international film distributor for a 12-month window. UK and German members of LoveFilm will be the first to instantly stream all of StudioCanal ‘s latest and future […]