November 18th 2004
By: Luke
LONDON (Reuters) - The telecoms regulator Ofcom has backed away from calling for a break-up of BT, saying it instead wants the telecoms giant to offer its rivals equal access to its telecoms network.
The media-to-telecoms regulator, which is carrying out the first major review of the sector in over a ...
November 17th 2004
By: Luke
To help develop its detailed negotiating position the European Commission's proposals for a new Media Programme (Media 2007), DCMS invited contributions from all stakeholders.
The consultation period closed on 24th September and the DCMS has now published a summary of the responses received.
November 17th 2004
By: Russ
Someone asked me to also check on Lord Currie, saying they thought he had faded into obscurity since Ofcom was formed. Judge for yourself:
Currie appears in 47 articles since January 1, 2004. Recall Carter = 173 articles...
(And I did search 'David Currie' as well as 'Lord Currie'. ...
November 16th 2004
By: Luke
Ofcom's review of telecoms due this week | The Register
Tim Richardson has done a cracking preview of Ofcom's Phase 2 Strategic Review of Telecoms consultation document. Link above.
He does a run through of the three likely approaches to BT - equivalence, favourable terms, and break up. He tips 'equivalence' as ...
November 16th 2004
By: Luke
EDM
1923 OFCOM AND ITV REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - 15:11:04
Mr John Grogan
Mr Paul Truswell
Mr Nigel Evans
Bob Russell
Mr Austin Mitchell
Peter Bottomley
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That this House views with dismay proposals by Ofcom to reduce the public service obligation of ITV regional companies to produce high quality regional programming ...
November 16th 2004
By: Luke
Today's FT Creative Business runs a section on 'talent pools'. It details that the boys at Ofcom learnt their trade under Lord Birt at the BBC's Strategy Unit in the 1990s. With Lord Birt now an advisor to Number 10, you could say that this is a model of converged ...
November 15th 2004
By: Russ
You might recall that in a previous post (Sept 23, 2003), OfcomWatch coined the term �Celebrity Regulator� for use in the nothern hemisphere. At the time, I wrote: �I think Stephen Carter actually has a great chance of being the UK's first Celebrity Regulator.�
Now, as Ofcom approaches the ...
November 15th 2004
By: Luke
FT reports:
Banning food advertisements during children's TV programmes would be "ineffective and disproportionate" in the battle against childhood obesity, according to Britain's television watchdog.
A health white paper, to be published by the government tomorrow, will hold out the prospect of a ban on junk food ads at certain times of ...
November 12th 2004
By: Luke
The European Federation of Journalists today warned that plans to introduce digital television services at the expense of regional news coverage in the UK may set a trend for digital development that could be disastrous for news programming in Europe.
European journalists were responding to plans by the UK broadcasting regulator ...
November 11th 2004
By: Luke
Ofcom proposed today that ntl Inc and US-listed Crown Castle international provide network access to their respective broadcast transmission masts.
After analysis of the market, Ofcom is seeking views on its proposals that ntl and Crown Castle each have 'significant market power' in providing access to their respective masts, site networks ...
