The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has laid out new plans to finance the public broadcasting service. From January 1, 2009, the public channels will not be allowed to show commercials […]
Dutch cablers: programme councils untransparent
The Dutch cable association NL Kabel has issued a report about the system of programme councils which control access of the basic analogue tiers on cable networks. The verdict is […]
French telecom operators against new tax
Following the protest by French commercial broadcasters against the proposed tax to finance the public broadcasting system, the association of telecom operators has filed a similar protest with Jean-François Copé, […]
EC plans to end copyright monopoly
Draft proposals that would end the national monopolies held by music royalty collection societies have been leaked from the European Commission. Under the proposals around two-dozen collecting societies in Europe […]
French broadcasters protest new tax
The three main French commercial broadcasters are protesting against a new proposed tax on them that will serve to finance the public broadcasting system. The government plans to (partly) abolish […]
CSA selects pilot cities for ASO
The French media authority CSA has announced the 10 ‘pilot cities’ in which it will first switch off all analogue terrestrial transmissions at the end of this year and beginning […]
Mediapool gets okay for TV International bouquet
The German distribution firm Mediapool Content Services GmbH has been given the green light by the media monopolies commission KEK to launch its “TV International” pay-TV bouquet on all platforms […]
Ofcom to release white space spectrum
Ofcom has given details of its plans for the release of spectrum in the so-called white spaces between digital TV signals after switchover. It follows last week’s announcement on the […]
Government bail out for TV2 Denmark
The Danish government has been forced to give a DKK500 million (€67m) loan to the quasi commercial network TV2.
CSA issues Canal+ HD licence
The French media authority CSA has announced that it has officially issued the licence to Canal+ to operate an HD channel on the country’s DTT network. Broadcasts are expected to […]