04-Oct-2011
Pubs have been issued with a stark warning over the use foreign satellite decoders in the wake of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling today.
09-Aug-2011 By John Harrington
Tuesday 4 October has been earmarked as the date for the landmark judgement on the legality of foreign satellite football in pubs, a well-placed...
Licensee's foreign satellite conviction quashed by High Court
28-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
A licensee has had a conviction for screening foreign satellite football overturned by the High Court in London. Gregory Turner, of the Golden Cup,...
Mark Daniels: Foreign satellite retailers - hold your horses!
15-Feb-2011
Unsurprisingly, since the recent announcement from advocate general Kokott that her opinion is that foreign satellite broadcasts should be allowed to...
09-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
John Harrington reports on what the opinion of the EU advocate general last week means for pubs.
Hamish Champ: There's only one place to celebrate turning 50...
07-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
Holy. Mother. Of God. I knew that if I played my cards right it would happen eventually, but still, it was bit of shock when it finally rolled...
05-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
The high profile Karen Murphy appeal against her conviction for screening Premier League football via a foreign satellite system is to be heard in...
22-Jul-2010 By Tony Holman
A former supplier of cut-price foreign satellite systems argues that the time has come to get rid of your foreign service or face prosecution. In my...
22-Jul-2010 By John Harrington & Gemma McKenna
The "window of opportunity" for screening foreign satellite football in pubs has closed, says a high-profile former foreign satellite supplier. Tony...
Tony Holman: 'Foreign satellite window has closed'
22-Jul-2010
In my younger days I was a main player in the building of our country's nuclear deterrent (Trident) and I was reasonably well known throughout the...
11-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Seven of the nine licensees tried so far in the mass prosecutions for foreign satellite screenings have escaped conviction. It's a blow to the...
02-Feb-2010 By John Harrington
Three people have been arrested after raids on 12 pubs and "several" private addresses - in the "biggest crackdown yet" on foreign satellite football.
02-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
MPS says it has had its busiest two months since prosecutions began. Operators of 23 pubs and clubs have been hit with fines on average of £1,174, with average costs of £712.
Busiest" period ever for foreign satellite clampdowns
02-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
The company which investigates and prosecutes pubs using foreign satellite systems says it has had its "busiest" two months since prosecutions began....
Host wins foreign satellite soccer appeal
11-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
A licensee has won his Crown Court appeal for screening foreign satellite football by arguing he didn't act dishonestly. Under the law, to be...
07-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
The group that investigates foreign satellite football says it's employing 10% more staff to look into the screenings at pubs this season. Media...
29-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead
There has been a sizeable drop in the number of pubs screening football via foreign satellite systems, after two foreign broadcasters within Europe...
Adam Withrington: Don't break the closed period
01-Dec-2008
Ok put this in your pipe and smoke it. I have a major problem with licensees showing football on foreign satellite systems on a Saturday afternoon....
Watching it unfold
26-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
In the last few years we've heard a lot about a company called Media Protection Services (MPS) in relation to foreign satellite screenings. This is...
Broadcast battle hots up
26-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
Football has witnessed some classic European encounters over the years. Manchester United's penalty shoot-out victory against Chelsea in this year's...
Window of opportunity?
26-Nov-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Depending on your point of view foreign satellite TV suppliers are either cowboy operators out to make a quick buck from desperate licensees or the...
21-Nov-2008 By John Harrington
The Premier League says it would be "pointless" bringing new prosecutions for foreign satellite screenings at pubs until after the landmark legal...
Foreign satellite prosecutions "pointless" until EU test case
21-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
The Premier League has admitted it is "pointless" bringing fresh prosecutions against pubs using foreign satellite systems until the matter is tested...
UEFA and Sky make case to intervene in foreign satellite battle
07-Nov-2008
Representatives from UEFA and four media giants stood side by side in the High Court today to push for the chance to have their say in the European...
Pubcos send out foreign satellite warning
02-Oct-2008 By James Wilmore
Major companies are advising licensees not to use foreign satellite equipment until a definitive ruling on the issue is made in the European Court of...
Murphy case could carry on after Europe
16-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
A landmark High Court foreign satellite appeal could drag on even after the matter has been heard in Europe. The full ruling from the second part of...
Murphy case goes to European court
03-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
MPS: we will pursue prosecutions for Sky Karen Murphy has had her foreign satellite appeal referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). But...
Murphy foreign satellite case heads to Europe
26-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
The judges presiding over Karen Murphy's landmark High Court foreign satellite appeal have today referred the case to Europe. It follows a decision...
20-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
Massive week ahead in the great debate as Murphy II gets underway
22-May-2008 By John Harrington
Pubs in Hastings have been sent written warnings that their licences are at risk if they screen football illegally. Hastings Borough Council has...
Foreign satellite supplier could face jail
06-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
A supplier of foreign satellite football equipment is facing jail after pleading guilty to eight charges of supplying decoder cards to pubs. Mark...
Satellite suppliers ignore ruling
10-Jan-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Foreign satellite suppliers are continuing to sell equipment to pubs despite High Court judges ruling against licensee Karen Murphy in the landmark...
10-Jan-2008
MA legal editor urges licensee to steer clear of foreign satellite systems
21-Dec-2007 By Ewan Turney
High Court judges rule against Karen Murphy in the landmark case
20-Dec-2007
The landmark Karen Murphy High Court ruling on the legality of foreign satellite systems is due today
08-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Over 80 Bolton licensees have formed an action group against Media Protection Services
22-Aug-2007
Premier League to resume prosecutions after High Court appeal misses deadline.
10-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Local government co-ordinator warns pubs their licence is at risk if they screen foreign satellite football
Esta backs arrested foreign satellite supplier
01-Aug-2007
A group representing suppliers of foreign satellite equipment says that it is standing by a supplier who has been arrested for allegedly selling...
MP meets foreign satellite group
13-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
MP John Grogan has claimed that "many MPs" are sympathetic to the aims of a group representing foreign satellite suppliers and licensees using the...
Row over satellite suppliers' Westminster invite
21-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A BITTER war of words has erupted between the FA Premier League and MP John Grogan over the issue of foreign satellite football. Grogan announced...
Foreign satellite pubs face Summer crackdown
17-May-2007
Pubs that show Premiership football using foreign satellite TV systems and equipment suppliers have been warned there will be targeted "on-going...
05-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil
MA can reveal that foreign satellite row will enter new legal ground. FAPL welcomes move.
22-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil
Premier League responds angrily to claims that last week's foreign satellite football case has added to the confusion
Illegal football TV ends in £8,000 fine
01-Feb-2007 By Iain 0'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk
Licensee protests she's just a 'pawn in big boys' game' A Portsmouth licensee faces a fine of almost £8,000 after being found guilty of showing...
Premier League's inaction fuels licensees' confusion
09-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore
The FA Premier League's (FAPL's) failure to prosecute the suppliers of foreign satellite TV equipment is continuing to fuel confusion among...
Licensees face foreign satellite blitz
02-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore
Licensees who show Premiership football via foreign satellite systems face a national crackdown by police and trading standards officers. In an...
19-Oct-2006 By Iain o'Neil
Two Portsmouth licensees who beat a prosecution for showing foreign satellite football last season have been caught in the act again. Derek Hopper,...
07-Sep-2006
Peter Coulson and a team of industry experts try to answer the "closed period" football screenings battle that's raging
23-Aug-2006 By Ewan Turney
Blackburn Rovers FC has blamed dwindling attendance figures on pubs using foreign satellite systems to screen closed-period games. Rovers chairman...
