Electronics & Semiconductors

EU agrees plan to boost chip production

The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement Tuesday on a plan to boost the supply of semiconductors in Europe, as the bloc races to reduce its dependence on Asian suppliers.

US fund KKR interested in Italian telecoms giant TIM

The Italian telecommunications company TIM is assessing a non-binding "indication of interest" by the U.S. investment fund KKR to acquire the entire capital share, a potential 11 billion-euro deal.

Digital Transition Content Security Act

The United States The Digital Transition Content Security Act (DTCSA, H.R. 4569) was a bill introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner Jr., a Wisconsin Republican, on December 16, 2005. The bill was backed by Democratic Rep. John Conyers.

Its goal is "To require certain analog conversion devices to preserve digital content security measures.", i.e. plugging the analog hole. The bill effectively proposes mandating of the Veil Rights Assertion Mark technology into new video-handling consumer devices.

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