April 4th 2005
By: ChrisMarsden
It must be Election time: 'Smug BT crows about 5 millionth broadband customer'
Tony Blair - the PM who doesn't know his own government's website address - claims it's great news for the industry...
April 4th 2005
By: ChrisMarsden
The General Election campaign is launched tomorrow, and in a month we will have a new Secretary of State at DTI, with in her in-tray the brief to consider the future of BT and the 'first mile'. What will she do?
Stephen Carter is at the Rubicon of his OfCom career ...
April 4th 2005
By: Jan
Ofcom deputy chairman Richard Hooper will leave Ofcom towards the end of the year. He comments his resignation: "I think as a general rule you constantly need to refresh rather than have people there for years and years." According to Broadcast the DCMS will seek someone "with a grounding ...
April 4th 2005
By: Russ
I finally got around to reviewing the consultation responses to Ofcom's Annual Plan 2005/6. The consultation closed on March 3rd. Here are some of the highlights (in no particular order and with no particular thematic focus!):
UKCTA - Ofcom should not automatically apply the 'bias against intervention' doctrine. ...
April 3rd 2005
By: PeggyV
In its conclusion of March, 10, 2005 in the Dutch Mediakabel case before the Court of Justice (case n� C-89/04), Advocate General Tizzano takes the opinion that the technical criterion of point-to-point versus point-to-multipoint transmission is crucial for the qualification of a content service as information society service or as ...
April 1st 2005
By: Luke
Conservative leader Micheal Howard has outlined plans to cut the burden of regulation for business and consumers, claiming that Labour has created a culture of 'fat cat' regulators.
He warmed up by saying,
"Although business and consumers pay the cost of regulation in higher prices and lower profits, there's a lot ...
April 1st 2005
By: Luke
Yesterday we had the news that ITV chief executive Charles Allen received �3 million last year in salary, bonus and share options.
Today we have the news that more than 700 ITV workers will stage a 36 hour strike over pay next week.
Ahh...the irony! Let this be a lesson to ...
April 1st 2005
By: scottlunt
As mature as it is, the broadcast TV market is set to undergo yet another cycle of innovation, some of which may prove more disruptive than sustaining, with competition likely to reign-in from telecoms behemoths, new video on demand entrants, and end users themselves. Across the globe, numerous telcos are ...
April 1st 2005
By: Russ
Hints started appearing last night that the UK government was going to release a pre-election 'broadband / digital divide' initiative today. Here it is - the DTI unveiled this morning a 7-point plan (with my slight edits) to 'close' the digital divide:
* A "digital challenge" prize to be awarded to ...
