April 22nd 2004
By: Russ
Gmail
I just signed-up for my Google gmail account. Google, which owns Blogger, is apparently letting Blogger users be among the first to test-out the service. Woohoo!
Gmail says:You may also have noticed some text ads or related links to the right of this message. They're placed there in the ...
April 21st 2004
By: ChrisH
The BBC Charter Review (sic)
The Guardian's reference to the "BBC Charter Review" (i.e. the Ofcom PSB Review) complete with an online correction, provides a timely reminder that for many citizens the two terms - BBC, PSB - are inexorably linked. 'Public Service Broadcasting' is something of a cipher, a catch-all ...
April 21st 2004
By: Russ
Deborah Bonello on PSB programming...
Today's mediaweek.co.uk has a small piece on Ofcom's PSB review. Bonello asks whether it is time to let PSB obligations on terrestrial commercial broadcasters die. It's a wandering piece; can anybody figure out what she's getting at?
April 19th 2004
By: Paul
Broadcasting standards consultation likely in early July
I contacted Ofcom recently seeking clarification over the timing of the promised broadcasting standards consultation which they have promised for the "summer of 2004".
Fran O'Brien from Ofcom's content and standards group reported back that Ofcom were planning to run the consultation through July, ...
April 19th 2004
By: Russ
New Report on U.S. Broadband Penetration
The folks at the Pew Internet & American Life Project keep churning-out great work. Today, they released an updated report on U.S. broadband penetration. Among the findings:
* 68 million Americans (55% of all U.S. adult internet users) have broadband at work or ...
April 16th 2004
By: Amit
European Commission takes second legal step against eight Member States for not adopting the Directive on Privacy and Electronic communications
The Commission has announced the second step in infringement proceedings against Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Finland for failing to notify the Commission of measures transposing the ...
April 15th 2004
By: David
E-numbering service to be launched in Austria
When Patrick posted 'My new virtual office' he chose Vonage in preference to Skype because it was a Hybrid IPT service - bridging the world between IP and Telephony and offering both an incoming and outgoing gateway to the old telecoms world.
A recent ...
April 14th 2004
By: Russ
OfcomWatch Miscellany Round-up...
* Any users of the beta-version of Google's gmail out there? We'd love to hear from you. Gmail seems to be getting a significant amount of bad press, but it seems like a winning idea to me.
* Video games continue their ascent. The ...
April 13th 2004
By: Luke
Ofcomwatch's First 90 Days
Since Ofcom launched on December 29, 2003, Ofcomwatch has received 36,406 hits. So we are well on target for our goal of 100,000+ by the end of the year.
Of course the real key is in the unique user profiles. This currently stands at 2376. So a chunk ...
April 13th 2004
By: Luke
Ofcom: Yet To Beat The 'Average'
Ofcom's performance for its first 90 days of operation has been rated 'Average' in Ofcomwatch's latest poll.
Almost 40% of respondents said that the regulator had merely done an 'Average' job so far. This comes as something of a surprise - when we checked ...
