Streaming Will Kill Other Television
AT&T’s woes following the purchase of satellite broadcaster DirecTV for USD49mn in 2015 are representative of fundamental changes in how people consume video.
Do Not Underestimate Satellite Broadband
The beta trial of Elon Musk’s Starlink service is as big a potential threat to terrestrial ISPs as Tesla is to Ford and General Motors.
Telco CEO Charged with Fraud after 10-Year Investigation
Shareholder representatives are standing by Juris Gulbis, CEO of Tet, after he was charged with overpaying EUR7.6mn for TV equipment.
RAG TV: Assuring PPV Revenue and Preventing Refiling
The final episode of RAG TV Season 2 featured two classy communicators: Kathy Romano of global media firm Discovery and Bryan Rowe of innovative fraud developers Six Degrees.
Living the Stream: The Mal-Content
There will be intense competition between a rising number of video streaming services.
Telia Defeats Royalties Collectors in Fight Over IPTV
The Finnish Market Court ruled that the ISP need not make payments to a collection society because their IPTV streams are original broadcasts, not retransmissions of over-the-air TV.
UK Court Extends “Very Effective” Block on Pirate Football Streams
Pirate servers used to stream English Premier League games will be legally blocked by ISPs for the duration of the 2018/19 season.
Are Subtitles an Anti-Piracy Measure?
Obtaining a good copy of video and audio content is hard enough; subtitles place an additional demand on pirates.
Top EU Lawyer Thinks Cloud-Based Video Recording Is Legal
Maciej Szpunar of the CJEU advised that cloud-based TV recording is equivalent to using a video recorder in the home.
6 UK ISPs Ordered to ‘Live Block’ Pirate Football Internet Streaming TV
The English Premier League won the right to tell BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin to block specific servers during matches.