March 21st 2005
By: Russ
Oxford PCMLP's spring 2005 seminar series concludes tomorrow with the final speaker, Dr. Verena Wiedemann of WDR Deutschland, who will speak on the 'privatisation of public service broadcasting'.
Folks, as we previously mentioned you cannot miss this seminar if you are following the EC's recent interest in state-aid issues with respect ...
March 21st 2005
By: Luke
The FT is reporting that BT will ask Ofcom for a complete overhaul of its universal service obligations (USO).
BT would like Ofcom to allow the introduction of a form of means testing for customers currently eligible for subsidised fixed line calls. In addition, BT would like the regulator to conduct ...
March 21st 2005
By: monica
Some weeks ago I mentioned how Canal + Spain was likely to bid for a new analogue license to broadcast free-to-air (well, they already have and will probably get it).
Now, in France, the pay TV operator is trying a similar strategy: to broadcast some channels free on digital terrestrial. Canal ...
March 19th 2005
By: Russ
I just thought I would plug the following DQ providers, specified as being the 'best value for money' in Ofcom's recent report (see Section 5.9):
118-848
118-355
Use them - get the benefits of competition.
I've read a few pieces of commentary about Ofcom's report, claiming that competition might not be the best thing ...
March 18th 2005
By: Russ
Over the next several months, OfcomWatch will be publishing a series of interviews with some of the key policy players in the U.K. and European media and communications sectors. Our initial interview is with Roger Bennett, the Director General of ELSPA, the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association, the U.K. ...
March 18th 2005
By: Luke
The Ofcom Consumer Panel - the independent body set up to advise Ofcom on consumer interests in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors � commented today on the latest round of Ofcom/ICSTIS Directory Enquiry market research.
Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Panel said:
�Over the past year, the Ofcom Consumer Panel has been ...
March 18th 2005
By: Luke
Bloomberg.com reports:
The U.K.'s phone directory services haven't improved since the market opened to competition in 2002, nine out of 10 Britons said in a survey by the telecommunications regulators - [Ofcom and ICSTIS].
About 70 percent of those using the new 118 services are confused by the choice, while ...
March 18th 2005
By: Jan
The European film industry is heavily dependent on state support. Without production incentives such as direct subsidies and tax shelters European film would not make it to most screens in the UK due to the economic srength of US film studios.
On Tuesday government announced that it would provide further tax ...
March 17th 2005
By: monica
Today, national broadcasting regulators meeting in Brussels agreed on an initiative to jointly combat incitement to religious and political hatred on TV (see here). In short, the idea is to coordinate and exchange information about which channels are banned where (this includes channels from non-European countries that are received by ...
March 17th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
Last night I was sitting on the sofa, playing around with Skype, watching a bit of television, and generally being unproductive. I tormented myself by watching an interview with another sell-side telecom analyst who, when asked about VoIP, referred to a company I'd never heard of called "Sky-pee" (hey is ...
