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Television multiplex licence renewal - Multiplex B

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 27 2012

In 2002 Ofcom awarded a licence under the Broadcasting Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act" and "the MuxB Licence") for the operation of the digital terrestrial television ("DTT") multiplex service known as Multiplex B to BBC Free-to-View Limited ("BFtV"

Olympic dream or Olympic nightmare?

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 27 2012

As the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games draw nearer the debate over the impact of the Games, both positive and negative is growing

Order granted against ISPs in the pirate bay case

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2012

We reported on the preliminary hearing of the High Court in the Pirate Bay proceedings here, when it was found that the operators and users of the Pirate Bay website were infringing copyright

Draft defamation bill

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2012

The UK Government's Response to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill was published in February 2012

New video game ratings system to be introduced in the UK

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2012

Following recommendations in the Digital Britain report back in June 2009, Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey finally laid proposals before Parliament for a new video-game age rating regime to become law

Authority for Television on Demand decision on editorial responsibility upheld by Ofcom

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 12 2012

Ofcom have upheld the Authority for Television on Demand's (ATVOD) decision that service content provided to the Virgin Media platform was an on-demand programme service for the purposes of the Communications Act 2003

MHRA launches consultation on new Blue Guide

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 10 2012

On 3 April 2012, the UK's regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has published a draft Third Edition of its Blue Guide to the Advertising and Promotion of Medicines in the UK

Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal decision applying Reynolds privilege

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 30 2012

In a recent decision (Flood v Times Newspapers Limited 2012 UKSC 11), the Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeal decision holding that the defence of Reynolds privilege applied

Legislative framework for local TV announced

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 16 2012

Following the Government's consultations on the "Local TV Framework" and "Pioneer Locations", the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has published a paper that confirms its framework for the implementation of local TV (the Framework

Intermediary liability global

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, India, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 25 2012

They have also been a number of overseas developments that are of interest from an Australian perspective given the ongoing debate surrounding the issue