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German regulator bans zero-rating options from Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone

April 28, 2022 11.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Germany Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has prohibited Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Deutschland from offering their zero-rating mobile tariff options StreamOn and Vodafone Pass.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, Telco Tagged With: BNetzA, Deutsche Telekom, European Court of Justice, Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, Net Neutrality, StreamOn, Vodafone, Vodafone Pass, zero rating Edited: 3 May 2022 12:40

German court paves way for regional advertising on national TV

January 5, 2022 10.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Stuttgart Regional Court has decided that regional advertising on national German TV channels is legally possible.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Regulation, TV Tagged With: Ernst Mayr, European Court of Justice, Fussl Modestraße, ProSieben, ProSiebenSat.1, Seven.One Entertainment Group, Thomas Wagner, Wolfgang Link Edited: 5 January 2022 10:26

Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom’s zero-rating tariffs violate EU rules

September 3, 2021 09.29 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The European Court of Justice has decided that the zero-rating tariff options offered by Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom in Germany violate EU rules on net neutrality and roaming.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: Deutsche Telekom, European Court of Justice, Net Neutrality, roaming, StreamOn, Vodadone, Vodafone Pass, zero rating Edited: 6 September 2021 12:28

European Court of Justice rules fully in favour of Vivendi in Mediaset case

September 4, 2020 08.02 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Vivendi HQ

In a statement Vivendi has said that it “welcomes with great satisfaction the judgment pronounced today by the Court of Justice of the European Union and is delighted that the […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: European Court of Justice, Mediaset, Vivendi Edited: 4 September 2020 12:31

European Court rejects KPN complaint on VodafoneZiggo merger

May 24, 2019 11.05 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The merger between Vodafone and Liberty Global Dutch, the parent company of Ziggo, does not conflict with the rules for the internal market, according to a ruling by the European […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: European Court of Justice, KPN, The Netherlands, VodafoneZiggo Edited: 24 May 2019 11:09

RTL wins lawsuit against NH Hotels for illegal TV usage

September 11, 2018 09.32 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has achieved victory in a year-long trial against Spanish hotel group NH for the illegal redistribution of its TV channels in hotel rooms.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: European Court of Justice, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, NH Hotels, RTL International, Stefan Sporn Edited: 12 September 2018 11:43

SES: ECJ rejected all but one of the appeals

December 21, 2017 16.22 Europe/London By Robert Briel

In a statement, satellite operator SES has drawn attention to the fact that the European Court of Justice has rejected just one of the six appeals against the decision by […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Astra, European Commission, European Court of Justice, SES, Spain Edited: 28 December 2017 10:24

ECJ: Italy’s digital switchover violated European law

July 31, 2017 09.18 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Italy’s move from analogue to digital terrestrial television was violating EU laws, failing to allocate one mux for each analogue channel.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, Terrestrial Tagged With: DTT, ECJ, European Court of Justice, Italy, Mediaset, Persidera, RAI Edited: 1 August 2017 14:00

Brein chases pre-installed Kodi player sellers

June 16, 2017 08.53 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Dutch anti-piracy organisation Brein is stepping up action against Dutch sellers of pre-installed Kodi mediaplayers.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: Brein, European Court of Justice, F, Kodi, Piracy, The Netherlands Edited: 18 June 2017 21:45

European Court rules against Pirate Bay

June 15, 2017 07.35 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The European Court of Justice has ruled that websites such as The Pirate Bay are liable for copyright infringement.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: ECJ, European Court of Justice, The Pirate Bay Edited: 16 June 2017 11:01

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