May 31st 2004
By: Luke
News
The Independent reports:
"The Daily Mail & General Trust's hopes of buying The Telegraph Group have been dealt a blow after media-buying agencies threatened to appeal to media regulator Ofcom if the deal went ahead.
Advertisers are concerned that a media group which owned both sets of titles would be able to ...
May 31st 2004
By: Luke
Scotsman.com Business - Media & Leisure - Heat is on in hunt for C4 top dog
Decent article in yesterday's Scotland on Sunday about C4's hunt for Mark Thompson's replacement.
The leading runners and riders appear to be as follows:
Kevin Lygo - C4's Director of Television.
Dawn Airey - Sky Networks Managing ...
May 28th 2004
By: Luke
Ofcom Website | Background
A very useful little guide to VoIP courtesy of Ofcom.
May 28th 2004
By: Luke
The former Carlton senior manager Ron Coomber will be the new head of the body that polices TV advertising in Britain.
As the director of the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre, it will be his task to drive the technological change that will enable the watchdog to cope with a huge increase ...
May 28th 2004
By: Luke
Cable & Wireless surges back into broadband unbundling - ZDNet UK News
ZDNet writes:
By snapping up Bulldog, Cable & Wireless is taking aim at BT's wholesale broadband market. Innovative high-speed services for businesses could follow
Cable & Wireless opened up a new assault on BT on Friday by purchasing Bulldog Communications ...
May 28th 2004
By: Luke
Michael Prowse in the FT gives Ofcom's Ed Richards something to think about over the bank holiday weekend.
In regard to establishing a central body to distribute public funds for PSB:
"...broadcasters would thus conceive of their public task as to satisfy the wants of a special type of consumer - Ofcom. ...
May 26th 2004
By: Luke
Guardian reports on ITV's lobbying to have the requirement to make public service programmes on the arts and religion scrapped, claiming that it would not be able to afford to subsidise them in a multichannel world.
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | ITV renews assault on public service remit
May 25th 2004
By: Luke
Vodafone reported annual profits of �10 billion today after sales increased by 10 per cent during the year to �33.6 billion.
The underlying figure, which was broadly in line with City forecasts, was achieved after the mobile phone company added 13.7 million new customers worldwide.
May 25th 2004
By: Luke
Caroline Marshall in the Daily Telegraph welcomes the decision to 'beef' up the ASA to oversee advertising across TV, print and radio. Article also suggests the ASA will oversee internet advertising, but not sure that's actually correct.
Some complaints about the move - which will see the ASA jump from 80 ...
May 25th 2004
By: Luke
FT: Robert Budden on VoIP
FT.com Home UK
FT outlines the continued growth of VoIP services and highlights Ofcom's determination to get in on the action with a designated 056 number for IP telephony services - a clear indication that no new technology will escape attempts by the regulator to extend its ...
