E-GOVERNMENT

This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its new broadband availability maps to cheers from the larger telecom industry. With this new set of FCC maps, a huge win for businesses and consumers seeking better broadband to have more of a say in accurate representation of broadband availability, individuals and organizations will be allowed to submit “location challenges” to ISPs if they discover spots on the map that do not meet the claimed broadband availability. Senior Editor of Fierce Telecom, Diana Goovaerts, breaks down the news, why it has...

By Andy Fry Stephan Schmitter, currently chief journalistic content officer at RTL Deutschland, has been appointed to the Management Board of RTL Deutschland. As managing director of programming, he will take on responsibility for all content (entertainment, journalistic content, fiction, sports, RTL Studios productions) and brands from RTL Deutschland. RTL said that by bundling content and brands, “the company will optimise the cross-media playout of content across all channels – TV, streaming, radio, print, online and social media – and promote the interaction of brands such as RTL, Vox, NTV,...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Office of the Chief Economist is set for the live launch of the Transition Report 2022-23: Business Unusual on Tuesday 22 November at 16.00 (London time) in the Auditorium at Five Bank Street, London E14 4BG. This will be the first major public event the EBRD will hold at its new Headquarters in Canary Wharf. The launch will also be livestreamed on ebrd.com and LinkedIn Live. EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso will open the event. This will be followed by a presentation of...