April 4th 2004
By: Russ
Stephen Carter @ Westminster Media Forum
On March 31, Stephen Carter delivered a speech to the Westminster Media Forum. A copy can be found here. A few nuggets:
* "Communications regulation is now a visible and scale activity. We benefit and suffer from a sense of gestalt."
* ...
April 2nd 2004
By: Patrick
Exciting Times
In December 2003, lawyer James Johnston covered several aspects of the "open spectrum movement" and provocatively declared that we may see a time in the future when our regulators are replaced by a "box of electronics," that is, that devices can be uploaded and programmed with algorhytms that do ...
April 2nd 2004
By: ChrisH
Analogue Switch-off or Digital Switch-over?
"Ofcom added to the pressure on the government to set a firm date for switching off the analogue television signal yesterday, saying the policy was in danger of stalling" reports the Guardian, citing the somewhat partisan findings of the Digital Television Group.
However such a firm ...
April 2nd 2004
By: ChrisH
Festival of Community Media 2004
This event, subtitled 'Innovation, Creativity and Social Change', will see a coming together of 'Community Media' practitioners throughout the UK. Featuring a Keynote Speech 'Community Radio Order and Ofcom Process' from Ofcom's Soo Williams. The event runs from 14-15th May at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. Press ...
April 1st 2004
By: Luke
Ofcom To Investigate BT Retail Price Plans
Ofcom has opened an investigation into BT's new residential retail tariff packages for line rental and calls, the first of which BT intends to introduce on 1 April 2004.
The investigation will examine whether the introduction of BT's new retail tariff packages constitutes an ...
April 1st 2004
By: Patrick
The Promises and Threats of VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offers great promise and opportunity; at the same time, however, it is a massive threat to established operators. David Brunnen has eloquently described the promises of a VoIP service called Skype, and in the United States Vonage has done ...
