Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed MHL, Pakistan’s leading licensed content distribution and broadcast services provider. as its newest member. MHL delivers end-to-end broadcast and OTT services for content providers, platforms, and distributors. MHL owns Begin, a subscription-based OTT platform offering premium Western entertainment and sports content to Pakistani audiences. […]

Regulator Ofcom has launched a number of investigations into whether seven file-sharing services, 4chan and pornography provider First Time Videos have failed to comply with their duties under the UK’s Online Safety Act. The Online Safety Act has introduced new rules to ensure online services take action to protect their UK users, especially children. Sites […]

A man has been arrested in Loughborough, East Midlands, on suspicion of selling an illegal streaming service. The man is believed to be a key player in the running and sale of the service, which had around 4,000 subscribers. He was arrested at his home on suspicion of copyright and money laundering offences. Officers then […]

Anti-piracy coalition the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed its expansion into protecting Italian-language content with the addition of its newest member, Rai Com S.p.A. (Rai Com), Italy’s public national broadcaster operating eight TV channels and three radio channels worldwide. IBCAP will provide monitoring and takedown services for all of Rai’s channels, including […]

Science and technology policy research and educational institute the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has suggested that more than a decade after the debate surrounding proposed copyright protection legislation known as  SOPA and PIPA, experience from around the world shows that blocking access to piracy websites is an effective way to protect copyright holders […]

In one year, Belgian finance department FPS Economy has disabled 147 websites illegally distributing copyright-protected content, such as films, TV series and sporting events. Thanks to swift legal proceedings and coordination with various intermediaries, Belgium says it is strengthening its fight against online piracy. A year ago, the FPS Economy’s ‘Anti-Piracy’ service was launched. One […]

A new report by economic consultancy Europe Economics provides fresh analysis, based on new survey data, for the importance of copyright and AI regulation to AI investment in the UK. The new research draws on insights from a poll by JL Partners of 500 developers, investors, and others working in the UK AI ecosystem. Trade […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to the Government to ask for reassurances over the future funding of the BBC World Service, following reports of potential cuts planned for the forthcoming Spending Review, which will set the Government’s contribution for the following few years. The letter highlights […]

The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) has announced the launch of a process to consider developing new guidance around the application of the DAA Self-Regulatory Principles to the collection and use of interest-based advertising (IBA) data by the expanding universe of AI systems and tools that might have access to such data. “Few, if any, industries […]

The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has announced a new, amendment to its MoCA Access 2.5 standard, Enhanced Quality of Service (eQoS) Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Management. The amendment is designed to address escalating demand for reliable, high-performance broadband in Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). This amendment lets Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Service Providers deliver superior […]