New coined term…
New coined term...
How about, instead of 'Celebrity Regulator', we use 'Reguplaya', as in: "He may be a regulator, but he's still a playa."
Propa!
Tom Glocer Interview
Tom Glocer Interview
There's a good one in today's Wall Street Journal -- at least the U.S. version.
Among other things, Glocer (CEO of Reuters Group PLC) describes the cultural differences and similarities of British and U.S. media coverage of business and financial affairs.
Go On My Son
Go On My Son
Apparently BSkyB shareholders are playing down the chances of James Murdoch getting the top job - while the director in charge of the appointment warned that he would have to work harder than any other candidate to prove his credentials. Afterall its not who you know but ...
egad!
egad!
Maybe I didn't coin the term, 'celebrity regulator'...!?!?!
On May 9, 2002, an Australian website -- Crikey -- used the term to describe Allan Fells, who, at the time, was apparently chairman of the ACCC.
By the way, Crikey looks like a very cool website. Maybe they will let ...
Cross-post from mediafrenzy:
Cross-post from mediafrenzy:
Ofcom recently published details of how it will consult with the public and affected regulatees on policy matters. Any student of administrative law will quickly note the obvious differences between Ofcom's procedures and the very formal procedures specified by the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) for U.S. regulatory ...
U.K. Exports and Imports
U.K. Exports and Imports
Some work and some do not.
Celebrity Regulator Cribs
Celebrity Regulator Cribs
Following on from Russ' post about celebrity regulators...
It would be great to do an MTV/Homes and Gardens style 'Celebrity Regulators' Cribs. This is where we would take a look around regulators homes and then do a write up of what stuff they have stashed away at their pad.
No ...
Ball Mulls Ofcomwatch Offer
Ball Mulls Ofcomwatch Offer
BSkyB's departing chief executive Tony Ball has signed comprehensive non-compete agreements and a multimillion pound three-year consultancy deal to prevent him from working for a rival pay or free television service in the UK.
With so few 'real' options now open to a man who has had so ...
Ofcom — Not yet fully powerful
Ofcom -- Not yet fully powerful
Luke alerted me that Ofcom now has an official countdown on its website which tracks how many days are left until "Ofcom is vested with full powers on 29 December 2003." 97 days as of today.
Naturally, I double-checked their calculations. Ofcom is clearly ...
What’s Dyke worried about?
What's Dyke worried about?
If the BBC fulfills the goals it set for itself, the British public will be well-served with at least one quality broadcaster (on numerous analog and digital platforms), right? So what's the problem with permitting Viacom to acquire ITV?
The problem with suggestions that there are 'quality' ...
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Ofcom PSB Review: no love story
Still catching up from the past few weeks... some pretty miserable stuff associated with the PSB review. First, there is Tim Gardam's piece in the Telegraph - 'Quality TV could disappear from our screens'. Wow, what a pessimist.
Newsflash, Tim: The earth will still rotate around its axis if more public ...
September 3rd 2008
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Mobileshop.com: what Ofcom really really meant about mobile phone calls…
It's difficult for me to defend / harass Ofcom when I haven't fully read the underlying document, but when did that stop me?
Anyway, this editorial from mobileshop.com is pretty typical of what I have seen in terms of misdirected coverage of Ofcom's mobile sector assessment. The typical line: Ofcom want ...
September 2nd 2008
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Ofcom launch mobile sector assessment
Ofcom launched a big thing last week: the mobile sector assessment.
It looks interesting. Ofcom, as others have noted, have also launched a related blog and interactive summary. The blog and interactive summary were also launched for the PSB review, so it's good to see Ofcom continue down this path of ...
September 1st 2008
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Spin alert! Ofcom hip-up its core activities
I was looking through some old Ofcom Annual Reports for my research and found an interesting difference between last year's report and the most recent one. Regardez:
Driving, promoting, improving, delivering, reducing and maximising!
The interesting thing about the 2008 descriptions is that -- were it not for the word spectrum -- ...
September 1st 2008
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Ofcom watching as modern art
Folks, if you checked OfcomWatch last week all you saw was a white screen. Or was it white? I thought it was a bit green-tinged with subtle waves of amber. It was our commentary on media fragmentation and the collapse of the public sphere.
Anyway: Ofcom watching -- our ...
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