St Mary’s University College – which runs journalism training courses – went to the High Court today (Monday 11 November) to try to force a reporter to reveal her sources using a legal method condemned by the European Court of Human Rights. The target of the action is a not-for-profit… Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom today published a timetable and final regulations for the country’s long-awaited so-called 4G auction, and sent a Statutory Instrument (SI) to Parliament for passage into law allowing the auction to go ahead. Read more...

700 MHz frequency release could transform the mobile and broadcast market but it may also accelerate changes in consumer behaviour, shift the global balance of power among manufacturers and have unexpected impacts in seemingly distant sectors. Read more...

Canada is to follow the US approach to TV white spaces to ensure a larger market and cross-border compatibility. Read more...

The UK's shift from analogue to digital TV ended quietly and successfully on 23 October. The big question now is what changes will digital convergence bring and when. Read more...

Channel repacking was a top issue at the first FCC workshop but few broadcasters were in attendance. Read more...

A PolicyTracker investigation has found few hopeful signs with most regarding the technology as being in terminal decline. But what lessons can we learn from its demise? Read more...

The work claims the legal status of broadcasting spectrum is as clear as mud but incentive auctions are a way of sidestepping the problem. Read more...

Momentum continues to build in Asia and Latin America Read more...

China has adopted the all-TDD version of the 2.6 GHz LTE band, while Japan’s Softbank, which already uses it, has bid for a 70% stake in Sprint Nextel in the US. Sprint holds a controlling share in Clearwire, which is also to launch TD-LTE using the bandplan. Read more...