February 24th 2005
By: Luke
MediaGuardian reports -
"Ofcom will decide by the end of June whether BT should be broken up in order to ensure that rival operators are able to gain access to its network of local phone lines to provide new services such as video on demand.
At a seminar organised by the ...
February 24th 2005
By: Luke
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February 24th 2005
By: monica
The Final Report of a study on information on allocation, availability and use of radio spectrum in the Community by IDATE, Aegis Spectrum and Bird & Bird has now been published (available here).
The purpose is to identify information currently provided on management and use of the radio spectrum by regulators ...
February 24th 2005
By: Luke
Philip Graf, the former CEO of Trinity Mirror Group, has been appointed the new chairman of the Broadband Stakeholder Group.
The BSG is the advisory group to the government on the promotion of broadband services and aims for the UK to be a world-leading broadband-enabled economy by 2010.
Graf, who was the ...
February 23rd 2005
By: Russ
OfcomWatch received the following message (slightly edited by me) from what I would call an astute observer of current UK media policy. Our person-in-the-know says:
I was talking to a few people and naturally there is a great deal of discussion / debate about the Burns - Birt - Richards ...
February 23rd 2005
By: Jan
Former Channel Five chief executive David Elstein has bought the international business of the Hallmark Channel in a deal worth around �128m with backing of equity house 3i and Providence Equity Partners, reports Broadcast.
Looks like the UK media regulation community will lose one of its most free-market advocates...
February 23rd 2005
By: scottlunt
- - Press Release, posted by Breakthroo - -
Report: Broadcast TV and Broadband Video: Collision and Disruption
Author: Stephen Griffiths
Download Full Report (free): http://www.breakthroo.com
Introduction
Examining the collision between broadcast TV and broadband video, involving multiple markets, the report makes sense of: what new - and potentially disruptive - innovations are at ...
February 22nd 2005
By: Paul
Following Ofcom�s recent decision to fine Playboy TV UK �25,000 for broadcasting sexually explicit �R18� classified content, many people may have assumed that broadcasting of such content would have ceased on UK television.
Rather surprisingly this is not actually true. BBFC R18 equivalent content continues to be broadcast on many adult ...
February 22nd 2005
By: Luke
The FT continues to stir the pot at Number 10 today with another article focused on Lord Birt.
Birt holds the key to Blair's kitchen cabinet
The article alludes to Birt's wider influence inside Number 10. The suggestion is that an unelected 'freelance' advisor is weilding disproportionate power inside Blair's inner circle. ...
February 21st 2005
By: Russ
I�m still going through the comments in response to Ofcom�s Phase 2 strategic telecoms review...
The CBI's comments take a fairly predictable stand, but had some interesting things to say about Ofcom�s overall approach: [W]e believe that the consultation document still focuses ...
