Moving towards DVB-T2: The digitisation of broadcasting in the Czech Republic
The 694-790 MHz frequency band (Spectrum) – also referred to as the 700 MHz band – is currently widely used for digital terrestrial broadcasting...
Singapore jumps on the fake news bandwagon
Singapore is the latest country to jump on the fake news bandwagon. A public consultation has been launched to gather feedback on the principles...
UPDATED: Brexit and the Reciprocity Gap
In our 3 part video series on Brexit implications for media businesses we touched on some of the issues which the industry will be...
VIDEO: Influencing Media – putting digital to work
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The evening began with cocktails...
Taxation of the digital economy: Tax implications for high-tech and media...
Background to the taxation of digital services
As previously reported on MediaWrites (click here), the digital economy has become a concern for tax authorities at...
Translation please: The Audiovisual Media Services Directive to European Convention on...
Convention
The Convention is founded on broadly the same country of origin principle as that which went on to be enshrined in the Television Without...
Fair Compensation for Dutch Bestselling Authors
The bestseller-clause
On July 1st, 2015, the Copyright Contract Act entered into force in the Netherlands. This constituted important changes in Dutch copyright contract law....
OTT TV in Germany
Germany is one of the largest TV markets in the world – and a rather peculiar one in some respects. Foreign businesses considering whether...
Public Service Broadcaster prominence in a digital world: Outdated or indispensable?
What is prominence?
In short, prominence is the extent to which a platform makes a service or content apparent to consumers. The battle for prominence...
