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iPlayer could force TV licence rethink
News New ways in which people are accessing television content - such as the BBC iPlayer - could force a rethink in how the TV licence is paid according to the BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust. In a report on the... [02 Apr 2009]
YouTube music gets silent treatment after licence price hike
News A statement from YouTube said: "Our previous licence from PRS for Music has expired, and we've been unable so far to come to an agreement to renew it on terms that are economically sustainable for us. [10 Mar 2009]
French water company to bid for French 3G licence
News French utility company, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, is in talks with Spanish telco, Telefonica, to put in a bid for the fourth UMTS licence available in France. Suez is also in discussions with KPN and Telesystem, the third... [05 Apr 2000]
Murdoch's One.Tel bows out of mobile licence auction
News Australian firm One.Tel - which is backed by Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer - has joined the four other casualties of the UK's 3G mobile licence auction. With total bids now a whisker short of £13bn, the company decided... [05 Apr 2000]
Microsoft hits back in licence row
News In early 2002, Bill Gates made the official introduction -- they called the product Windows Media Player 9 - which in our view incorporated our patents without a licence," Lang said. Microsoft has denied it used stolen... [05 Sep 2003]
PCs, mobiles and PDAs need 'online' TV licence
News The UK's TV Licensing (TVL) authority has responded to criticism from silicon.com readers over its warning that people watching online BBC broadcasts on a PC face stiff fines if they don't have a TV licence. [13 Jun 2006]
BT sizes up joint bid for French UMTS licence
News British Telecom is considering a bid with France Telecom's mobile arm, SFR, for a French UMTS licence. In an interview in French national newspaper, Les Echoes, Pat Gallagher, director of strategy and development at BT,... [31 Jul 2000]
TV licence warning for online World Cup fans
News Businesses could face stiff penalties if they are caught allowing staff to watch World Cup matches broadcast over the internet at work without a TV licence. The TV Licensing authority said it will be targeting... [09 Jun 2006]
Bought a TV recently? Then the TV licence people know about it...
News But it's not widely known that the organisation which administers the licence scheme on behalf of the BBC, TV Licensing, uses the data to check if the purchaser has a TV licence. If there's no match... [05 Feb 2003]
Italian government to hike 3G licence value
News The change of licence value, as the Wall Street Journal Europe reported on Tuesday, is unlikely to deter those looking for a future mobile licence. Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) is Europe's largest mobile... [25 Apr 2000]
NHS Microsoft licence move to save millions
News The switch will double the number of licences purchased by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and consequently trigger much bigger discount levels.silicon.com understands that the improved discount from the addition of the NHS... [18 Jul 2003]
BBC awards £600m licence contract to Envision
News The BBC has awarded a contract for the collection of licence fees to Envision - a consortium comprising Bull Information Systems, the UK Post Office's Subscription Services (SSL) division, and media and marketing giant,... [27 Oct 1998]
Telefonica pulls out of wireless licence auction
News Spanish telecoms giant, Telefonica pulled out of the UK auction for a third generation wireless licence late yesterday, as bidding topped £21.2bn. Vodafone remains the highest bidder, offering £5.66bn for the much sought... [18 Apr 2000]
German 3G licence tops DM20bn mark
News The German third generation (3G) mobile licence auction has exceeded the DM20bn (£6.17bn) level predicted by Finance Minister, Hans Eichel. Now in its seventh day, round 86 of the German sale closed at DM24.7bn (£7.6bn)... [08 Aug 2000]
Oracle licence fees: users told not to pay up
News Oracle users are being urged not to pay the new software licence fees the company is attempting to drive through. Under earlier licensing contracts, all employees involved in the process were covered by one... [20 Mar 2002]
