Ross Biggam

Biggam bows out from ACT

Ross Biggam, the director-general of the Brussels-based lobby group the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), is to leave his post at the end of October. Biggam has served as the head of the organization since 2000. He was previously head of European affairs at UK commercial broadcaster ITV. “I’ve enjoyed this chapter of […]

Euro broadcasters welcome EU anti-piracy plan

The European Commission has launched an action plan to deal with infringement of intellectual property rights within the EU and a strategy for protecting IP outside of the region. The EU said that it will adopt a ‘follow the money’ approach, which involves attempting to prevent the commercial-scale IP infringement rather than penalising individuals. Europe’s […]