Champions League to be simulcast on Internet

TV companies bidding for the rights to show Champions League football from 2006 to 2009 will also have to provide simultaneous Internet coverage. European football's governing body, Uefa, is insisting that the bidders also provide streamed coverage for computers and mobile devices, partly to satisfy EU competition authorities and partly to placate the broadcasters themselves, who are worried about the threat of competition if online rights are sold separately. However the move is likely to annoy some clubs hoping to sell Internet rights themselves. ...more

Broadband debate reaches House of Lords

Words such as IPstream and Datastream have stirred the nodding members into consciousness, as Lord Avebury brings the broadband debate to the House of Lords. In a speech on Tuesday, Lord Avebury voiced concerns over Oftel's broadband review that found the market is still dominated by BT, according to EU benchmarks. 'We want a fully competitive market. ...more

Intel's mobile Dothan to debut 16 February

Intel will debut its new Centrino mobile processor, codenamed 'Dothan', on 16 February. This is according to a report on the Californian-based website XbitLabs. 'Dothan' is the codename for the next-generation core for the Pentium M mobile processor, succeeding 'Banias'. ...more

Spanish courts order closure of Weblisten downloads store

Spanish courts have ordered the closure of the Weblisten downloads store, following a lawsuit by the country's music royalties collection service, AGEDI. The website had been selling music since 1997 with licences from publishers, but not from record labels, and maintained that it was operating legally. However at the court hearing earlier this week it admitted criminal copyright infringement. ...more

EA gets games rights on Lord of the Rings books

Electronic Arts has today announced that it has signed up for the rights to develop Lord of The Rings games based on J.R.R Tolkien's epic work of fiction. ...more