Josh Withrow, a Fellow at public policy think tank R Street Institute, suggests that blocking of copyright infringing sites carries a number of risks. In an opinion piece, he notes that several tech-related legislative proposals have flown under the radar in 2025, including a renewed push to force internet service providers (ISPs) to take down […]
Prime Video has removed a video recap generated via artificial intelligence (AI) for its TV series Fallout after users reported it featured a number of inaccuracies about the shot. In November, Prime Video commenced testing the recap tool in the US to help viewers catch up on some of its shows in its streaming library […]
Amazon Leo’s giant United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is ready to launch the Leo-4 batch of 27 broadband satellites today (at 08.49 am UTC, 3.49 am Florida time). The price of the launch is quoted at $153 million (€130m). The Atlas/Leo mission is to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, […]
LiveRamp, the data collaboration partner, has announced that the multimedia news brand, Daily Mail, and thesports streaming platform, DAZN, have joined its collaboration network. These publishers now leverage LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) to enhance addressability across their premium audiences, enabling brands to activate and measure campaigns more effectively. LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution helps publishers […]
Pinterest, the AI-powered visual search and discovery platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire tvScientific, a connected TV (CTV) performance advertising platform. Pinterest will consequently combine its audience intent signals with a CTV engine, so marketers can measure how TV lifts the results of their performance ad campaigns. Pinterest reaches 600 million monthly […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has dismantled India-based piracy network MKVCinemas and its associated domains. Additionally, ACE shut down a high-traffic drive-to-drive cloning tool frequently used by piracy services in India and Indonesia. Most of MKVCinemas’ traffic came from India, a rapidly expanding entertainment market. Collectively, the MKVCinemas domains accounted for […]
A director hired by Netflix to make a science-fiction series was convicted this week of an $11 million (€9.3m) fraud. Prosecutors said Carl Erik Rinsch, 48, secured funding from Netflix from 2018 to early 2020 to make the series, which was initially called White Horse and later renamed Conquest. But he put the money in […]
The global wireless industry continued its rapid expansion in the third quarter of 2025, with global 5G connections reaching 2.8 billion worldwide, according to data from Omdia and trade body 5G Americas. North America remains one of the world’s most technologically advanced 5G markets, achieving exceptionally high adoption levels driven by strong consumer uptake and […]
Eutelsat has announced the success of its share capital increase with shareholders’ preferential subscription rights for a gross amount of approximately €670 million. Eutelsat says the proceeds of the Rights Issue, combined with the proceeds of the Reserved Capital Increases completed on November 21st, will be used to reinforce its financial structure and fund its […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is holding the second session of its inquiry exploring the provision of children’s TV and video content in the UK and what can be done to ensure future generations continue to have access to high-quality British-made programming. The hearing on December 16th will […]
Sports broadcaster and streaming service Premier Sports has agreed a deal to screen live coverage of Copa del Rey for the next three seasons. The new agreement adds to existing coverage of La Liga and La Liga 2 on the service. Coverage of the 2025/26 knockout competition kicks off with the Round of 32 matches […]
Crossroads Capital Investment Partners, an investor in AST SpaceMobile, has provided a quarterly update and valuable comments on the continued rationale behind its investment. The letter reminded clients that its stake in AST is up 34 per cent this year. “We wanted to take a quick moment to note the company made significant strides in […]
You don’t have to be as old as me to remember the dotcom crash of March 2000. But, by the same token, there are plenty of senior executives and fund managers around who would have been children at the time. Are their perceptions of the inevitability of AI’s success, their assumption that we are all […]