The French competition authority (l’Autorité de la concurrence) has written to Canal+ to express its reservations over the decision to drop premium movie channel TPS Star.
M6 questions future of pay-DTT
19.44 Europe/London, February 6, 2012 By
Pay television over digital terrestrial looks like being in serious trouble in France. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of M6, is sounding the alarm bell.
No injunction in satellite football case
11.02 Europe/London, February 6, 2012 By
A High Court judge has declined to give an immediate injunction in favour of the Premier League in the ongoing dispute over the carriage of foreign satellite broadcasts. However, Lord Justice Kitchen indicated an injunction would be brought if no agreement was reached between the League and groups including the card distributor QC Leisure.
Ofcom considers shape of broadcast regulation
11.40 Europe/London, February 3, 2012 By
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that the current system of broadcast regulation is one linked to the era of analogue spectrum constraints.
ATVOD rules adult site must block access by children
11.19 Europe/London, February 1, 2012 By
The Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) has said online video on demand service Bootybox.tv was in breach of statutory rules requiring video on demand providers to ensure that under 18s cannot normally access hardcore pornographic content.
No porn for South Africa’s TopTV
10.46 Europe/London, January 29, 2012 By
South Africa’s Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) has turned down Top TV’s application to launch three adult entertainment channels.
CSA publishes full transmitter list
11.05 Europe/London, January 28, 2012 By
The French media authority CSA has published a full list of all the digital multiplexes of their DTT services in mainland France and overseas departments and territories.
Invest in content and go up the EPG
09.18 Europe/London, January 26, 2012 By
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has told broadcasters the government is exploring ways to encourage investment in UK content through the electronic programme guide.
Ofcom looks again at VOD regulation
13.35 Europe/London, January 25, 2012 By
Ofcom has reopened the debate into the regulation of on demand video services with a new study commissioned from Ipsos MORI.
NDS wins out against EchoStar hacking claims
11.00 Europe/London, January 23, 2012 By
The Supreme Court of the United States of America has turned down a petition against NDS that sought to overturn the August 2010 ruling in the long running EchoStar-Dish hacking case.
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