Monday 16 May – Tuesday 17 May 2022 (Hybrid event)Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario Please see here to view the preliminary program including keynote speakers and agenda. The Canadian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications is delighted to announce that it will host its two-day annual conference at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on… [Read More]
IIC Italy Chapter Webinar: Regulating Digital Markets – what enforcement challenges for the new rules? (Online)
21 June 2022Time: 14:00 – 16:30 CESTThe EU has developed digital policies for more than a decade, yet only recently a comprehensive and clear design is emerging: fundamental cornerstones are being laid with the final approval of the Digital Market Act and the Digital Service Act. The scope of these rules matches the extension of… [Read More]
Round-up of the latest industry news – March 2022
Regulatory Watch A study from Oxford University on the impact of GDPR in the EU suggests that, while all tech companies have been negatively impacted, the largest players have coped better with the administrative burden and may have grown market share at the expense of smaller firms. The study concludes that, while the regulation has… [Read More]
IIC Metaverse Blog – The meeting of worlds
The meeting of worlds – exploring the impacts of the metaverse Widely discussed and promoted, the promise of the metaverse as the next great technology leap presents many questions: what is it, what could it be, and what are the implications for policymakers. So it was that, as part of this year’s Asia TMF, the… [Read More]
EVOLUTION, INNOVATION, CONNECTION
The year 2022 marks 100 years of the BBC and therefore a century of public service broadcasting. Public service broadcasters (PSBs) from around the world were among the founding members of the IIC and, in this issue of Intermedia, Patrick Barwise examines the challenges they face in today’s highly competitive audiovisual landscape and their importance… [Read More]
Round-up of the latest industry news – February 2022
Regulatory Watch Meta has suggested that Facebook and Instagram face being shut down in Europe if new models for transatlantic data transfer are not adopted. EU regulators are scrutinising the agreements, including the ‘Privacy Shield’, that enable Meta to store data from European users on US servers. Meanwhile, the company has promoted Sir Nick Clegg… [Read More]