June 17th 2005
By: Luke
Raymond Snoddy in Brand Republic says that Ofcom is creating problems where none exist in its recommendations to Government in response to the Green Paper on BBC Charter Review. The article is here.
His condemnation of Ofcom on this issue is really quite impressive. He says -
"To some extent we ...
June 17th 2005
By: Jan
For (post)graduates or people with some work experience this might be of interest: Our specialist media consultancy - OlsbergSPI - has two vacancies for the position of writer/researcher. We advise public sector organisations, broadcasters and small production companies on audiovisual policy and business strategy. To download a job description and ...
June 15th 2005
By: Russ
My comment on James' earlier post: Tiscali needs to get with the proguamme.
I'll stop now...
June 15th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
In an era when no one wants to be visibly going ex-growth, it's clear that telco cost savings claims will require evermore scrutiny. This week the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK slapped Tiscali for a real classic - basing cost savings claims on calls to Guam. I'm pretty certain ...
June 14th 2005
By: Amit
ICSTIS, the industry regulator of Premium Rate Services (PRS), published yesterday a proposed �emergency amendment� to its Code of Practice (the Code) aimed at reducing phone scams using PRS. The proposed amendment, if indeed implemented, will impose on Network Operators an obligation not to make payments to service providers providing ...
June 14th 2005
By: Russ
The Ofcom Consumer Panel just published its most recent e-newsletter, available here.
June 13th 2005
By: Russ
The Oxford Internet Institute just emailed me this. The blurb accompanying the document says:
The Oxford Internet Institute, in collaboration with the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School, is today publicly releasing 'The Oxford Consensus'. It is based on two days of discussion among international experts in Internet governance, which ...
June 13th 2005
By: Russ
[klaxon horn sound] From Friday's Washington Post:
The [House] subcommittee acted to eliminate within two years all federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- which passes federal funds to public broadcasters -- starting with a 25 percent reduction in CPB's budget for next year, from $400 million to $300 ...
June 9th 2005
By: Russ
To follow-up my recent post, I have the following additional thoughts:
1. Ofcom have produced more original thinking than I gave them credit for, initially, perhaps because the introduction and summary to the document are not as robust as its contents. Read ...
June 9th 2005
By: Russ
Telstra just tapped Solomon Trujillo, the former CEO of US West and Orange, as its new CEO. Telstra will mostly like be privatised within the next 18 months, so Trujillo's appointment is critical.
Meanwhile, still no word on who will run ACMA...
