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Regulation
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Five take UK 4G spectrum
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded 4G mobile spectrum to five companies – Everything Everywhere, Hutchison…
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Ofcom awards Leeds local TV licence to Ian West’s Made Television
UK media regulator Ofcom has awarded a local TV licence for the Northern city of…
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Kenyan regulator agrees new switchover date
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has decided on a compromise date of September 15…
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French collecting societies criticise EC proposals
French collecting societies SACD and SCAM, which represent the rights of different groups of content…
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BBC Trust to carry out wide-ranging reviews
The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, is to carry out reviews of…
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French content creators reject proposed ‘private copy’ rules
Groups representing French content creation professionals have hit out at proposed changes to EU rules…
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Evening Standard beats rivals to win new London TV licence
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded the new local TV licence for London to newspaper the…
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BBC Trust and S4C agree on finance, governance
The BBC Trust and S4C have reached a deal to secure funding and accountability for…
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Loutrel named as new ARCEP chief
Benoît Loutrel is to replace Philippe Distler as director-general of French telecom regulator ARCEP in…
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New look at French programming finance needed, says minister
The way French TV channels finance programming should be looked at again, according to culture…
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Ofcom awards Comux local TV infrastructure licence
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded Comux UK the licence to operate the UK’s local digital-terrestrial…
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CSA outlines vision of future media regulation
French media regulator the CSA has outlined its initial thoughts on the creation of a…
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Illicit downloading down in France, but video remains a problem
The downloading of illicit content from the internet in France is decreasing, while the consumption…
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Ofcom fines Playboy TV Benelux
UK regulator Ofcom has levied a £100,000 (€120,360) penalty on Playboy TV’s UK-based Benelux operation…
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ATVOD ruling overturned on appeal
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD said it would consider carefully a court appeal that overturned its…
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Court rules Netflix enjoyed preferential treatment
A US federal appeals court has ruled that Netflix has been getting preferential treatment for…
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Netflix can now link accounts with Facebook in US
US lawmakers have amended privacy laws, clearing the way for video services such as Netflix…
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Ofcom awards local TV licences for Scottish cities
Ofcom has awarded local digital-terrestrial TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. The licences…
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Schramek named as new CSA chief
French president François Hollande has named Olivier Schramek as the new president of media regulator…
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CSA: scripted reality can contribute to content creation goals
French media regulator the CSA has said that ‘scripted reality’ shows can in principle be…
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CSA sets out social networking recommendations
French media regulator the CSA has outlined a number of recommendations about references to social…
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Hungary’s NMHH updates broadband picture
Hungary had 2.169 million fixed broadband connections at the end of November, led by cable…
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French regulator reportedly against any SFR Free merger
France’s competition regulator is reportedly likely to oppose any merger of Vivendi-owned mobile and fixed…
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Moldovan cable operators protest foreign channel restrictions
New restrictions in Moldova on foreign channels have provoked complaints from the country’s 10 largest…
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Pellerin looks to collaboration between regulators, not merger
France’s digital economy minister Fleur Pellerin has reiterated that she is in favour of a…
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BEREC vice-president named
Gábor Mátrai has been named as vice-president of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic…
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CSA reveals content breakdown on French FTA channels
French media regulator the CSA has published the results of a study of content on…
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UK DTT viewers face disruption threat as Ofcom looks to 5G spectrum
UK regulator Ofcom last week unveiled plans to prepare frequencies for so-called 5G mobile services…
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EBU DG calls for tighter regulation of sports rights
Extending the list of sports rights that are reserved for free-to-air channels and tightening regulation…
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UK completes switchover, readies for dividend auction
The UK has completed its eight-year long digital switchover process with the switch-off of analogue…