Jul 20 2017
After publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14th on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market enters into force June 20th, although it will not become enforceable until March 20th 2018. The Regulation centres on the […]
Jun 15 2017
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that sites like The Pirate Bay still infringe copyright, despite not directly hosting pirated content. In a ruling made yesterday, the court said that even if copyrighted content is placed online by the users of the file-sharing platform, the operators of the service “play an […]
May 19 2017
The European Parliament has approved new content portability rules that will let EU citizens access their online film and TV subscriptions while visiting other EU countries. Yesterday’s vote confirms the agreement reached between the European Parliament, Council and Commission in February and will remove restrictions so that EU citizens can use services like Netflix, HBO […]
May 15 2017
The European Commission has urged the European Parliament and member states to finalise key legislation and complete its Digital Single Market strategy by 2018. In its mid-term review of the 2015 Digital Single Market plan, published last week, the EC said that “good progress has been made” overall, and that it has delivered 16 key […]
Oct 21 2016
Broadcasters are facing the prospect of the worst year for TV advertising since the recession of 2009, as uncertainty over Brexit has seen companies take more than £400 million (€446m) from marketing budgets. Before the UK voted to leave the European Union in the summer, analysts had predicted another propsperous year for the TV ad […]
Jun 27 2016
Industry groups and companies are continuing to react to, and weigh the impact of, the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. With the two main political parties in the UK involved in leadership battles and sterling and share indexes taking a post-Brexit hit, the media and creative industries have reacted to last Thursday’s vote. […]
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
That’s TV secures licence for That’s Cinema
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
Jan 22 2020
EU to invest 200 million euros in European space industry
The European Union will provide 200 million euros ($222 million) to support Europe’s space industry, in the form of a loan to help fund development of the Ariane 6 and investment in space startups. The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group announced at a space policy conference in Brussels Jan. 21 that it […]
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By Expat • Europe, SATELLITES • Tags: ArianeGroup, European Union