Media Intelligence newsletter - April 2011 issue is now out!

Movie studios sue DVD-streaming site, Zediva - Zediva, a startup which specialises in internet movie-rental is being sued by six Hollywood movie studios, including Sony, Time Warner, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney. The studios claim that their copyright is being infringed by Zediva which streams movies over the web directly from DVD players. View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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Public consultation on online gambling services launched by European Commission - The European Commission has launched its long awaited Green Paper concerning online gambling.
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The Gambling Commission voids bets - On the 7 April 2011, The Gambling Commission (the Commission) concluded its investigation into suspicious betting patterns involving a number of employees of Virgin Media. As a consequence, the Commission decided to void bets totalling over £16,000. View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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US authorities in poker sites crackdown - The US Justice Department (DOJ) recently shut down a handful of poker sites that the DOJ alleges were circumventing the various measures under federal law that create an effective ban on internet gambling in most of the United States.View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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A new Spanish online gambling law - The Spanish Parliament is discussing a proposed draft bill on online gambling law. The proposal covers gambling activities that exceed the territory of one Spanish autonomous region - gambling services (including online gambling) provided within the region will be subject to laws issued by local government. View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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Google and Facebook to face tighter privacy and data protection rules -Google and Facebook, along with other social networking sites which target consumers in Europe but operate from America, are set to be bound by stricter EU privacy and data protection rules that could be proposed as early as this summer.View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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Digital Economy challenge thrown out of High Court - A legal challenge to the Digital Economy Act brought by BT and TalkTalk has failed before the High Court. View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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Privacy war rages on as gagging orders implemented - It has been revealed that celebrities and public figures have won at least 30 gagging orders preventing the media from exposing stories about their private lives.View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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Google settlement case has been rejected -The US Google books settlement, which emerged out of a US class action brought by US publishers against Google, has been rejected by Judge Denny Chin in New York. Judge Chin rejected the settlement on 22 March 2011 just over a year after its final fairness hearing. View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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New toy safety legislation to impact on children's publishers -New legislation that is to be introduced on toy safety is expected to have implications for publishers.View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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Tottenham Hotspur launch judicial review over Olympic stadium funding -Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has applied to the High Court to seek a judicial review in respect of the role played by Newham Council in West Ham's bid to secure the Olympic stadium.

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PFA chairman wants misbehaviour guidelines to be clear - Clarke Carlisle, the chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, has given his backing to a new Premier League crackdown on player and manager misbehaviour. He has, however, warned that there must not be any grey areas in the new rules "so that referees can apply them consistently and players know where they stand."View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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FIFA and UEFA suspend Bosnia-Herzegovina -On 1 April, FIFA and UEFA suspended the Football Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina until further notice (FFBH/NSBiH). View MoreImage may be NSFW.
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