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Ofcom continues to make progress against its roadmap for the implementation of the Media Act 2024 (Media Act), and has now released a...

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into proposed changes to the media mergers regime. These...

The government announced this week that its long-promised review of the Gambling Act 2005 has been launched – Andy Danson and Andrew Cox...

On 13 December 2023, the European Parliament voted on whether to extend the scope of the Geo-blocking Regulation to audio-visual content....

On 13 December 2023, following the outcome of Ofcom’s consultation, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched its consultation...

Anna Morgan, a partner in Bird & Bird’s new Dublin office, discusses children’s privacy online with Oran Kiazim, the Vice President of...

A recent report by the Institute of Public Health, in conjunction with TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, has published findings...

The High Court’s decision to grant an urgent interim injunction against the BBC in WFZ v British Broadcasting Corporation [2023] EWHC...

If you’re a business selling video games and in-game content to UK and EU consumers, it’s important that you understand how 14-day...

The CJEU’s judgment in joined cases C‑775/21 and C‑826/21, Blue Air and UPFR (20 April 2023) provides the latest instalment to a...

The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee has launched a call for evidence on the draft Media Bill, with a deadline for responses...

Last week the new Labor Government released a consultation paper to initiate their review of the anti-siphoning scheme in Australia. Many...

The English Court has handed down its first decision finding that copyright may exist in a literary character per se. In this case the...

The French Commercial Court has vindicated Rugby World Cup Limited’s tender process in relation to the award of broadcasting rights for...

In order to comply with the transposition obligation – yet with 5 months of delay and with a result that seems to be (at least)...

A major overhaul of Singapore copyright law is in the works. A new Copyright Bill that is expected to be enacted in November this year...