—Virgin Media: Regulators at the European Commission say they will “closely monitor” Virgin Media’s plans to monitor traffic on its network. The ISP said back in November that it would use deep-packet inspection to look at the traffic of 40 percent of its subscribers, equivalent to 1.6 million accounts, in order to get more information about illegal file sharing on its network. The EU is already looking into whether the UK violated privacy laws in relation to the Phorm/BT (NYSE: BT) trials last year. (via ZDNet)

—Liberty/Unitymedia: The European Commission has given the go-ahead for Liberty Global to complete its purchase Unitymedia GmbH, the second-largest cable operator in Germany. The €2 billion ($2.8 billion) deal was originally announced in November. (via Reuters)

—Caledonian Mercury: Scotland’s “first truly online” newspaper has now officially launched. The title, edited by a former Scotsman editor, is currently free online and will also publish a printed edition, although it’s not clear how often this will come out. (via HTFP)

—Gamesindustry.biz: Not another publication to go behind a paywall, but another that now requires registration to enhance the services it offers. The site says that it currently is read by a community of 10,000 people, and will use the registration information as part of its plan to “evolve from a leading industry news website into the biggest trade community in the videogames business.” (gamesindustry.biz)