The saga surrounding recording industry-backed fee increases for Internet radio DJs has been raging for years, and the latest chapter surely won’t end this Sunday, when contentious new rules are scheduled to take effect. On one hand, Webcasters large and small, commercial and noncommercial, have been fighting a decision earlier this year by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board that they …

Forget downloading movies from your local video store; by early next year, an on-demand video service from Video Ezy will rely on consumers to physically deliver movies from store to home for viewing on their TVs. The upcoming offering, known now as Video Ezy’s Electronic Video Store (EVS) and due to be launched early next year, will be built around …

In an industry first, all of the commercial TV broadcasters have announced today they will provide an electronic program guide to all manufacturers of free-to-air personal video recorders and similar services.. Julie Flynn, chief executive officer of industry body Free TV said the announcement was a “critical plank” in the transition to digital adoption. “Free-to-view digital television is an open …