Apparently phone carriers lost $ 33 bn due to instant messaging apps and after Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp, telecom companies are calling for stringent instant messaging rules, but how are they currently regulated?
The now "famous" web tax (or Google tax) on the purchase of on-line ads and sponsored links on search engines might come into force on the 1st of March 2014 having an impact on the Internet liability regime, unless the Italian Government takes an immediate action to prevent it.
$ 3 billion will be spent in 2014 on 10 million units of wearable technologies according to a Deloitte report, but the potentials of this market can be seen also through the attempts by tech companies to patent anything connected to them, including the heart gesture made in front of Google Glasses so setting a new approach for the Internet of Things!
A competitive bid for the assignment of the usage rights of 3 DTT national frequencies in Italy has been launched creating opportunities for new entrants. Operators interested in participating to the bidding process shall submit their application to participate by the 14th of March 2014. This is a great (and long…
32% of the online advertising sector worldwide and, according to estimates, around 50% in Italy is controlled by Google whose search engine is also the primary source of information for 21.5% of Italian users. But the recent regulatory developments in Italy might hamper Google's consolidated market position despite of the good outcome of the decision…
Adding 450 million monthly users to 1.3 bn monthly users costs $19 bn according to Facebook, but also means that the buyer will be able to know about (and benefit from) much more information on its users to be potentially used for advertising purposes. This is what advertisers might be thinking about, but this might be also the concern of the Canadian, the Dutch and the Italian data protection authority that investigated on WhatsApp in 2013.
Can you afford to lose € 71 million of revenues a year? This is the likely thought of Italian major TV companies after having read about the approval by the Senate of a gaming law named "delega fiscale law" providing a potential gambling advertising ban during TV and radio programs.
Internet liability rules as to data protection issues might considerably change after that the Italian Supreme Court decision acquitted 3 Google managers previously convicted to 6 months of imprisonment for a video published on Google Video.
What will be the outcome of the battle between .COM and .Country? Is social gaming a must-have for operators? How can we invest in the current regulatory uncertainty? These are some of the gaming law topics that I had the opportunity to discuss during the ICE Gaming Conference just finished in London. You may have…
The fight between YouTube and the Italian TV company Mediaset on Internet liability principles continues! The Spanish court of Appeal held that YouTube is a mere hosting provider rather than a content provider and therefore not liable for the publication by its users of videos infringing the copyrights of Telecinco , the Spanish harm of…