Online music services and the UK’s creative sector will be able to trade more easily across Europe thanks to the Collective Rights Management Directive, agreed by the European Council, which will simplify the licensing process, saving businesses time and money and making it easier for them to operate right across Europe. The agreement is set […]
CBS Chello Zone EMEA Partnership has announced a multi-year deal with major Polish digital platform Cyfrowy Polsat to renew carriage of CBS Europa, CBS Drama, CBS Action and CBS Reality. Chello Zone’s action sports and lifestyle network, Extreme Sports Channel, which features exclusive WWE content in the region, has also been renewed. The deal gives […]
Amazon is to combine its Amazon Prime and LOVEFiLM Instant subscription services in the UK beginning February 26th. Amazon Prime offers members unlimited One-Day Delivery on over 7 million items and access to 500,000 Kindle books to borrow. LOVEFiLM Instant includes unlimited streaming of more than 15,000 popular movies and TV episodes. When the two […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness and Sony Pictures Releasing UK are to launch an exclusive The Amazing Spider Man 2 trailer February 28th that sees Spider-Man pitted against new foe Electro. Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the […]
Earlier this month, Netflix launched the second season of House of Cards. It was available simultaneously to Watch Instantly subscribers in the US and to Netflix customers in Latin America, the UK and Ireland, the Nordics, and the Netherlands: ‘day and date’ worldwide TV distribution. A report from IHS TV Programming Intelligence
A US District Court in Utah has ruled that Internet TV streaming service Aereo violates copyright law and must cease operation in Utah. Judge Dale A. Kimball also ruled that a current lawsuit filed against Aereo Autumn 2013 by local broadcasters, KTVX Channel 4, KUCW Channel 30, KSTU Channel 13 and KUTV Channel 2, will […]
Spain’s Professional Football League (LFP) has asked the government to impose limits on broadcasters free access to stadiums to record highlights of games in the new forthcoming sports legislation. LFP is lobbying the government for ensuring all broadcasters pay for the right to record highlights. Currently, broadcasters like Mediaset, Atresmedia or TVE have free access […]
A New Zealand court has ruled that the search warrant used in the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on US online piracy charges was legal, creating a setback for Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the United States. The New Zealand government – encouraged by US agencies – successfully appealed a 2012 ruling that […]
Creative America, the grass-roots coalition which unites those who value American creativity and innovation in the fight against content theft, has unveiled a new name, CreativeFuture, and announced a growing list of Coalition and Creative Partners. The move coincides with the appointment of independent film veteran Ruth Vitale as its new Executive Director. “CreativeFuture’s mission […]
Jason Clare, Australia’s Shadow Communications Minister, has suggested that content providers should provide new ways for people to access legally the content they want to watch, to help in the fight against online piracy. Clare made his comments during a Closing Address at the Tech Leaders forum in Queensland and in the wake of Attorney-General […]