Eurojust, Europol and the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), representing the industry of protected audiovisual content, have joined forces to improve the sharing of expertise to tackle audio-visual piracy via IPTV networks.
FCC chooses public auction for C-band
FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced that the US regulator plans to hold a public auction of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band.
Ofcom appoints Jonathan Oxley as interim chief executive
Jonathan Oxley will become its interim chief executive, the regulator has announced.
C-Band Alliance proposes to clear 300 MHz of spectrum for 5G deployment
The C-Band Alliance (CBA) has updated its proposal made to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), offering to clear 300 MHz of C-Band spectrum, inclusive of a 20-MHz guard band.
French competition authority lifts Numericable restrictions
The Autorité de la concurrence has lifted the restrictions placed on Altice, imposed when its subsidiary Numericable acquired the mobile network SFR.
Competition watchdog fines Telefónica €1.5m over football breach
The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has ordered Telefónica pay €1.5 million after it was found to be in breach of one of the conditions of its merger with DTS (the former Sogecable).
Police raid Dutch data centre, shutting down pirated-content site
Police raided commercial and residential properties in the Netherlands, France, and Germany Wednesday as part of a copyright-violation investigation of Share-Online.biz, the largest file hosting site operated in Germany.
Brexit: European TV subscriptions outlawed in the UK
UK viewers that are currently using pay-TV subscriptions purchased in another European country will no longer be able to use them once the UK leaves the European Union.
Commission places interim measures on Broadcom in TV chipset market
The European Commission has ordered chip maker Broadcom to relax exclusivity agreements it has placed on six of its main customers.
New report – The independence of media regulatory authorities in Europe
The European Audiovisual Observatory has released a new report about the new AVMSD and its effects on media regulation in Europe.