The operators of adult TV services ‘Babeworld’ and ‘House of Fun’ plus ‘The Other Side’ have all had their broadcasting licences revoked by UK regulator Ofcom. Ofcom’s ruling states: “In the course of correspondence and meetings with Ofcom, statements made by Babeworld Television Limited, House of Fun Television Limited and Forenzquick UK Limited about the […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has invited comments on measuring media plurality, following a request to consider this area by the Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt. At the end of last year, in its report on the public interest test on the proposed acquisition of British Sky Broadcasting Group by News Corporation, Ofcom suggested that possible […]
The DVB announced that its Steering Board approved the Commercial Requirements for a second 3DTV delivery system. Termed ‘Service Compatible’, the second system is a solution required by content deliverers that enables the 2D and 3D versions of a programme to be broadcast within the same video signal, so that new 3D televisions and next-generation […]
Measures to combat illegal accessing and sharing of copyright material online should reflect actual consumer behaviour, rather than impose ‘carrot and stick’ remedies, according to panellists at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on implementing provisions of the the UK’s Digital Economy Act relating to site-blocking and termination of Internet access . Campbell Cowie, Director of […]
The European Commission has proposed to spend almost €9.2 billion from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give EU citizens and businesses access to high-speed broadband networks and the services that run on them. The funding, part of the proposed Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), would take the form of both equity and debt instruments […]
Cable Europe, the association for Europe’s MSOs was swift to react to Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ recommendation to the European Parliament that €9 billion be spent on broadband infrastructure between 2014 and 2020 through the Connecting Europe Facility. Caroline Van Weede, Managing Director, Cable Europe says: “There is a case for state aid funding to make […]
ITU (International Telecommunication Union) – the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies – has revealed that Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) is a step nearer becoming reality. A group of experts have reached agreement on most of the pertinent technical characteristics of the new standard for television. UHDTV marks a leap […]
A leading member of Australia’s Federal Attorney-General’s department is backing the creation of a self-regulated industry code between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and rights holders to combat piracy issues. A growing number of rights holders, service providers, user groups and copyright experts consider an industry code would be preferable to further litigation or copyright legislation. […]
ITV the UK’s leading commercial TV broadcaster, has called for industry-wide harmonisation of ad targeting technologies, ahead of a micropayments push. “If everyone develops their own customised targeting approach, which is happening, things are going to get needlessly messy and confusing, it starts to not make any sense,” ITV commercial and online MD Fru Hazlitt […]
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom is understood to be about to take Iranian-backed Press TV off the air. Ofcom on October 13th confirmed that a decision to revoke Press TV’s broadcast licence is imminent. Press TV has previously been cautioned against what Ofcom sees as a lack of balance in its reporting. However, the main reason […]