Media

Copyright Directive: Articles 18-23 – the "best seller" provisions

These provisions set out that where authors and performers license or transfer their rights in their copyright work, they should receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration.

24 Jul 2019

The Digital Single Market – the new, but still limited, copyright Directive for cross-border TV and radio programmes

New EU rules intended to facilitate access to online TV and radio content across borders were formally signed in April at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

17 Apr 2019

Geo-unblocking commitments in media licences – premature until Brexit is sorted out?

The European Commission has accepted commitments offered by The Walt Disney Co, NBC Universal Media LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. and Sky TV to put an end to the practice of "geo-blocking" in order to allow EU consumers outside Britain and Ireland to access films online or via satellite.

21 Mar 2019

Bundeskartellamt untersagt Facebook die Zusammenführung von Nutzerdaten aus verschiedenen Quellen

Das Bundeskartellamt hat Facebook Beschränkungen bei der Verarbeitung von Nutzerdaten auferlegt

07 Feb 2019

Junior market detractors should AIM criticisms elsewhere

Fieldfisher responds to article in the Sunday Times regarding the number of AIM-listed company insolvencies in 2018.

14 Jan 2019

Mobile Ads Support Savvy Studios

App Annie published its predictions earlier this month relating to five trends to watch in mobile commerce.

14 Dec 2018

Sky's video games joint venture will help it level up significantly

Sky recently announced that it had formed Skybound Stories, a joint venture formed with Skybound Entertainment, the company behind the post-apocalyptic comic book turned multi-award winning TV series "The Walking Dead," to create video games.

11 Oct 2018

Dirty laundry: Do British businesses risk being tarnished by new EU anti-money laundering rules post-Brexit?

Fieldfisher corporate crime partner Francesca Titus and corporate crime associate Elliott Kenton discuss how moves to tighten up EU AML legislation could side-line UK companies.

05 Oct 2018

Brexit – the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

As a current Member State of the European Union, the UK regulates audiovisual media services in line with the requirements of the AVMS Directive.

18 Sep 2018

"Slam dunk" – NBA star exploits media deals from athlete endorsements

Fledgling athlete signs first endorsement deal with sponsor. Money changes hands (via the athlete's agent of course). Athlete fulfils contractual obligations, appears at a few events and mentions the brand on his or her social media account a few times. A generic contractual relationship. Need it be? I think not.

10 Sep 2018

Cannes "Film" Festival Reflections

As usual the Media and Entertainment team here at Fieldfisher attended the Cannes Film Festival. Or as it should have been called this year "Cannes let's-only-talk-about-TV-not-Film Festival".

13 Jun 2018

Putting aside the 800 pound media plurality gorilla in the room, the Sky bidding war can still have plenty of benefits for UK content producers

Any member of the media industry not living under a rock will be aware that yesterday Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared the way for Comcast and 21st Century Fox's to engage in the bidding war for Sky.

07 Jun 2018

European law makers strike a deal on key changes to the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive

The European Parliament, European Council and the European Commission have reached preliminary political agreement on the main elements of the proposed changes to the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive)

10 May 2018