June 30th 2004
By: Jan
The BBC yesterday published building Public Value: renewing the BBC for a digital world' and thus puts forward its position in the wake of Ofcom's PSB review and the upcoming Charter Renewal.
The manifesto covers nine key points:
* Building digital Britain
* Programmes and services that build public value through: active ...
June 28th 2004
By: Luke
The Times reports:
ITV Licence Fees
ITV�s licence fees could be cut by more than 40% under proposals to be published this week by Ofcom, the media regulator.
Ofcom will set out how it intends to value the licences over the next decade. Earlier this year the regulator rejigged the licensing timetable ...
June 28th 2004
By: Luke
DT Reports:
Ofcom' should lose its powers' over taste and decency
Sir Christopher Meyer, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, believes that Ofcom, the new super-regulator for the media, should be stripped of its powers to censure broadcasters over matters of taste and decency.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Meyer, a ...
June 25th 2004
By: Patrick
An article published this week in Wireless Review suggests that the merger between Wi-Fi and VoIP is a ways off (ten months). The short article makes a good point, suggesting that newer access points and phones are about ten months away. Indeed, if one desires the Quality of Service ...
June 23rd 2004
By: Luke
As staff numbers at headquarters continue to grow -
Staff at the Ofcom Radio Technology & Compatibility Group laboratories at Whyteleafe were told today that the laboratories would be closing at the end of March 2005. Reasons given included that it would be some 40% less expensive to outsource the type ...
June 22nd 2004
By: Luke
As the first phase of Ofcom's strategic telecoms review closes, ZDNet reports:
Ofcom urged to make BT more transparent - ZDNet UK News
The UK Competitive Telecommunications Association (UKCTA), which is made up of many of BT's rivals, claims that the former incumbent is still in a position to block effective competition ...
June 21st 2004
By: Russ
Sorry, folks, been neglecting my OfcomWatch-ing duties lately. I completely missed this report, released in May by the BBC and The Work Foundation, and authored by Martin Brookes. The report, entitled, Watching Alone, Social Capital and Public Service Broadcasting, attempts to justify PSBs by reference to 'social capital', ...
June 14th 2004
By: ChrisH
The following represents my personal, partial (and rather belated) perspective, on the Community Media Association �Festival of Community Media�, held at the Sheffield Showroom Cinema (Saturday May 15th).
LOCAL TELEVISION
It was stressed that the community media sector cannot afford to �wait to do local television�, subsequent to the Community Radio process ...
June 10th 2004
By: Russ
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Comcast is considering launching a 24-hour Children's TV network aimed at pre-school kiddies, in partnership with the U.S. Public Broadcasting System, among others...
This content-specific area of U.S. cablecasting is currently dominated by Viacom and Disney.
June 8th 2004
By: Luke
E-consultancy.com : E-business Briefing
Mike Butcher's E-Consultancy points out Ofcom's remit creep in trying to put in place a labelling code for online content.
In his view - "It seems Ofcom can�t tell the difference between media that is requested rather than broadcast."
