BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has outlined his expectations for the forthcoming review of the corporation’s expenditure in the light of the freezing of the licence fee until 2016.
France plans to switch DTT to MPEG-4
Eric Besson, the French minister of industry, announced yesterday during the New Year’s reception of the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) his willingness to move quickly to MPEG-4 and introduce DVB-T2 […]
Ireland abandons mobile TV
Mobile TV is off the agenda in Ireland after the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) said that the spectrum “was not the subject of particularly strong interest to potential operators.”
Ofcom in 2011: Effective competition in pay-TV and spectrum clearance
Ofcom has published its draft annual plan for the 12 months ahead, promising fair and effective competition in the delivery of pay-TV services, and the sell off of spectrum created […]
Poland eyes product placement ban
The Polish Council of Ministers has accepted amendments to the Law on Radio and Television and other laws designed to harmonise them with European legislation.
Hungarian media law condemned
The Hungarian National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) has published full details the country’s new media law in English. The legislation has already been widely condemned both within the country […]
Spanish supreme court okays RTVE tax
The Spanish supreme court (El Tribunal Supremo) has dismissed the measures requested by Telefónica, Vodafone and ONO to stop the annual tax of 0.9% of their gross operating revenue to […]
Commission confirms BSkyB approval
19.04 Update: News Corp’s ownership of BSkyB, Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland will not have a significant effect on the European pay-TV market, according to the European Commission, which has […]
Belgian cablers face Open Cable regulation
Following an analysis of the Belgian cable market, the four regulators have put forward proposals to open up the country’s cable networks with regards to analogue cable television, digital television […]
Commission in new anti-piracy push
The European Commission is proposing the ratification of a Council of Europe Conditional Access convention in a bid to act against smart card piracy.