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Regulation
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Mixed results for ATVOD in Ofcom appeals
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has welcomed a rejection by Ofcom of adult service Frankie and…
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Broadcasters offered tax one-stop shop as Euro VAT changes loom
The UK Revenue & Customs service (HMRC) has launched an online ‘one-stop shop’ to simplify…
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Ofcom names new Northern Ireland advisory members
UK regulator Ofcom has named three new members to its advisory committee for Northern Ireland….
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Birmingham’s City TV first of new local services to go bust
Birmingham’s City TV has become the first of the UK’s new local TV services to…
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EC puts Ziggo probe on hold
The European Commission has paused its review of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cabler Ziggo…
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France’s competition watchdog to investigate Numericable-SFR deal
France’s competition authority has announced a wide-ranging investigation into cable operator Numericable’s proposed acquisition of…
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Hungarian ad tax is “attack on democracy” says Kroes
Hungary’s new advertising tax is a politically motivated attempt to drive RTL out of the…
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FilmOn fined as interpretation of Aereo ruling questioned
Following Aereo’s shut-down in the US, rival FilmOn has been fined US$90,000 (€67,000) relating to…
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Digital dividend delays main obstacle to 4G in Europe, says report
Delays in assigning the so-called ‘digital dividend’ spectrum at 800MHz are the main obstacle to…
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Channel 4 chief calls for encryption of BBC iPlayer as first step to subscription
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has said that the BBC should encrypt its iPlayer catch-up…
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Lobby group calls on EU to protect cultural diversity
French-led industry lobby group the European Coalition for Cultural Diversity (CEDC) has called on the…
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Aereo urges customers to ‘stand together’
Aereo’s CEO and founder Chet Kanojia has called on users of the blocked web TV…
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Aereo suspends service after legal ruling
Following its damaging legal defeat last week, US cloud TV service Aereo has suspended its…
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Ayre reappointed to BBC Trust with extended role
Richard Ayre has bee re-appointed to serve a further four years on the BBC Trust….
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Altice granted Numericable exemption
France’s financial markets regulator, the AMF, has granted Altice an exemption from an obligation to…
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TF6 closure signals further decline of pay DTT
In another blow for digital-terrestrial pay TV in France, commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have…
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Ukraine to create new unified public broadcaster
The Ukrainian parliament has voted to merge the countries national TV and radio companies within…
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Competition regulator clears playout merger
The UK Competition Commission has confirmed its clearance, by a majority of Ericsson’s acquisition of…
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Multichoice clashes with SA government over digital switchover plans
South Africa-based pay TV operator Multichoice has become embroiled in a war of words with…
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Deputies force Ukraine state broadcasting chief out
The head of Ukraine’s state television company has reportedly been forced to resign after being…
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UK culture secretary calls for clearer web video standards
The online and media industries should work with regulators to make the “age appropriateness” of…
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BBC’s Hall defends licence fee, calls for extension to iPlayer
BBC director-general Tony Hall has delivered a robust defence of the UK licence fee that…
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Competition Commission approves Ericsson’s Red Bee acquisition
The UK Competition Commission has provisionally approved the acquisition of Red Bee Media by Ericsson….
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Netflix to pay Comcast for access to network in ground-breaking deal
In a significant break with its existing practices, Netflix has agreed to pay US cable…
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Netflix reportedly looking to Orange for French partnership
Netflix has approached several French internet service providers with a view to striking carriage deals…
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Liberty Global and Ziggo making good progress on takeover
Liberty Global and Ziggo are “making good progress” on preparations for the takeover by the…
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South Africa will not use CA to cut off non-payers, says minister
The South African government has no intention of using conditional access in digital-terrestrial set-top boxes…
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Belarus adjusts to changes on foreign channel licensing rules
Belarusian service providers are scrambling to readjust their programming line-ups following the introduction of new…
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Ofcom renews commercial TV licences
UK regulator Ofcom has renewed the broadcasting licenses for Channel 3 – comprising ITV, Scotland’s…
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Cultural diversity group calls for new European tax rules
The European Coalition for Cultural Diversity have called for a renewed effort by Europe to…