Independent international media group and rights owner Coolabi Group has appointed industry entrepreneur Neil Court as its Chairman. Working alongside CEO Jeremy Banks, and the Coolabi management team, he will offer strategic advice to the Board as the company heads into the next stage of growth. Coolabi will benefit from Neil’s proven track record in […]
Canal+ has secured a ruling from the Paris Judicial Court ordering the blocking of over 200 domain names associated with illegal sports streaming sites by five VPN providers. In accordance with the ruling, a legal first, VPN providers NordVPN, CyberGhost, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, and Proton are now required to block access to 203 domain names used […]
A Barcelona court has fully dismissed the requests for annulment of proceedings filed by Cloudflare and RootedCON, among others, against the final judgment issued on December 18th 2024, which ordered the blocking of IP addresses used for the unlawful distribution of content belonging to La Liga. “This decision, against which no appeal may be lodged, […]
InterDigital, the mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, has initiated litigation against The Walt Disney Company, including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, claiming an ongoing infringement of InterDigital’s intellectual property. “Our video technologies enable Disney to efficiently stream content and enhance the user experience,” said Josh Schmidt, Chief Legal Officer, InterDigital. “We always […]
A US court has rejected the Biden administration’s bid to restore net neutrality rules that would have prevented operators from prioritising traffic carried over their networks. On January 2nd, the court ruled that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate internet providers like utilities. The rules were first introduced in 2015 by […]
Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his own family trust to leave his eldest son Lachlan in control of News Corp has been blocked by a Nevada court. A Nevada court commissioner found Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had acted in “bad faith” by trying to change the trust to leave Lachlan in control rather than his […]
The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft München) and the Munich District Court (Amtsgericht München) have imposed corporate fines totaling €3.9 million on German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and two of its subsidiaries for violations of the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG). ProSiebenSat.1 Media has been ordered to pay a fine of €10,000, Jochen Schweizer a fine […]
A report in The Irish Times details further financial problems faced by Declan Ganley, CEO at Rivada Space Networks. Ganley was warned last week by Judge Jeffifer Schecter in the New York Supreme Court that he was already in contempt of court over non-payments of $20,000 (€18,300) per month to a Rivada shareholder, David Shuman. […]
The court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and News Corp via a £15 billion (€17.8bn) family trust begins this week in a closed Nevada courtroom. The case sees 93-year-old Murdoch against three of his eldest children fighting over the voting shares and the power to control the group when he dies. […]
Edgio, a provider of media content and cyber-security solutions, has voluntarily filed for chapter 11 relief in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to effectuate one or more sale transactions that it says “should” allow for the continued operation of the company’s business under new ownership. The company enters this process with […]