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Germany tests regional TV commercials

Robert Briel — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:36:38 +0000

A new test with regional TV advertising by Liberty Global’s Unitymedia and the ProSiebenSat.1 group has sparked protests from newspaper publishers and commercial radio stations. Read the story »

Cameron knew of Hunt’s BSkyB support

Julian Clover — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:54:02 +0000

(photo: DCMS)

Prime Minister David Cameron was made aware of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s support for News Corp’s BSkyB takeover bid just a month before he was given responsibility to oversee the bid. Read the story »

Non-UK channels face access quotas

Julian Clover — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:43:39 +0000

Channels holding a UK licence but broadcast to an overseas market will be required to run signing and subtitling under new proposals from Ofcom. Read the story »

Sky no longer has pay-TV movie advantage

Julian Clover — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:57:23 +0000

Sky Movies no longer gives BSkyB a material advantage over its rivals in the pay-TV retail market, the Competition Commission has found. Read the story »

Dutch hackers circumvent TPB ban

Robert Briel — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:39:32 +0000

Most Dutch ISPs are now obliged to block access to The Pirate Bay, but hackers have opened new routes to the website. Read the story »

BBC Trust backs plan to reduce Red Button services

Julian Clover — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:39:10 +0000

The BBC Trust has published its final conclusions on Delivering Quality First, the euphemistically named strategy document, designed to implement cost saving across the BBC in the wake of the Licence Fee settlement. Read the story »

CSA officially declares mobile TV dead

Robert Briel — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:48:09 +0000

French media authority CSA has now officially declared the end of mobile TV. Read the story »

Dutch ISPs ordered to block TPB

Robert Briel — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:09:51 +0000

A The Hague court has ordered Dutch ISPs UPC, KPN, Tele2 and T-Mobile to block access to The Pirate Bay. The four operators are considering appealing the decision. Read the story »

Licence call for UK local TV

Julian Clover — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:10:41 +0000

Ofcom has fired the starting pistol on local TV in the UK. The regulator has invited applications for 21 local TV channels that will broadcast across the UK within a specially reserved multiplex. Read the story »

Dutch embrace net neutrality

Robert Briel — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:04:05 +0000

The Dutch senate has passed a new telecom law which guarantees net neutrality and access to services such as WhatsApp, Viber and Skype. Access to cable networks through third party suppliers has also been regulated for the first time. Read the story »