Campaigners outraged as government rejects mobile phone mast overhaul November 25, 2021 Community groups across the country are set to miss out on millions of pounds in rent payments from telecoms giants for phone masts on their land after the Government rejected calls for a rule change.
Spotify to introduce TikTok style videos November 25, 2021 Spotify is testing a new feature in its mobile app that adds a vertical feed of music videos like TikTok in a quest to keep users on its app.
EU agree common position to curb US tech giants November 25, 2021 EU countries agreed on a common position on new rules to curb the power of U.S. tech giants this morning, which will force them to do more to police their platforms for illegal content.
Plastic surgery ads aimed at children will be banned from next year November 25, 2021 Cosmetic surgery clinics will be banned from from targeting under-18s with plastic surgery ads following a crackdown by advertising watchdog in the UK.
Orange chief exec resigns following £336m fraud sentence November 25, 2021 Stephane Richard, chief executive of France's biggest telecoms company Orange, was handed a one year suspended prison sentence on Wednesday after he was convicted of complicity of misuse of public funds by a Paris appeals court, according to Reuters.
Channel 4’s funding model vs the BBC licence fee November 25, 2021 Channel 4 receives no public funding despite being a publicly-owned not-for-profit corporation, with no shareholders. It is funded entirely by its own commercial activities, and most of its income comes from advertising revenue. Ch4 doesn’t make any programmes in-house and instead commissions them from UK production companies. Any profits go back into programme-making, which allows [...]
Cyber law protecting personal tech from hackers introduced to parliament November 24, 2021 The Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) introduced a new cyber law to protect people’s personal tech from hackers to parliament today.
Darktrace says its ‘uniquely positioned’ to lead the way in cyber tech despite ongoing controversy November 24, 2021 Darktrace, tech cyber security darling, announced at its Annual General Meeting this morning that the company was "uniquely positioned to lead new phase in cyber security".
Ad watchdog criticised for U-turn over ‘socially irresponsible’ advert November 24, 2021 Environmental campaigners have accused the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of bias after it overturned a ruling over an advert that allegedly promoted a "socially irresponsible" driving.
BBC records highest global audience ever with 489m viewers a week November 24, 2021 The BBC has achieved the highest ever global audience, according to the Global Audience Measure (GAM) published today, which records the total weekly number of adults accessing the BBC around the world.
