July 11th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
Ofcom has five advisory committees covering England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Elderly and Disabled. In the last case, the Committee has always has its own indepdendent chair but, in the case of the four other committees, so far meetings have been chaired by the relevant Ofcom national director. ...
July 11th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
For any Spanish speakers in the house, a pronouncement of note from the Spanish regulator.
~ James Enck
July 10th 2005
By: Paul
Following on from what Russ had to say about Ofcom and Freedom of Information, visitors might be interested in my experience with Ofcom in this respect, which is in marked contrast to what Ofcom have reported. I asked for copies of some letters of complaint (excluding any personal details), copies ...
July 10th 2005
By: Russ
This was the dramatic headline in today's Sunday Times (the �Doors� section, highly recommended), referring to studies which appear to indicate that internet usage in the U.K. is leveling off at around 60% of the population. Collette Bowe of the Ofcom Consumer Panel is quoted in the article, as ...
July 8th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
Officially Ofcom is closed today because of the disruption to public transport following yesterday�s bombs here in London. In practice, a small number of people are working in the building. Hopefully, by Monday, everyone will be working normally. Meanwhile it is good to know that no Ofcom colleagues were involved ...
July 7th 2005
By: Luke
Professor Martin Cave today invited views on issues that he will address in his Independent Audit of Spectrum Holdings, which focuses primarily on public sector holdings. These issues are set out in a consultation document and interested parties are encouraged to respond to the issues raised, which indicate the proposed ...
July 7th 2005
By: Leighton Andrews
The actor Morgan Freeman has teamed up with Intel to offer a new service providing legal movie downloads, according to Wired.
The UK is the home of illegal TV downloads, and it will be interesting to see what legal services develop for TV.
July 6th 2005
By: Nicholas Francis
Commercial providers of TV, radio and online services frequently complain about excessive cross promotion by the BBC. Beyond the self-interest that the BBC�s commercial competitors should be expected to show, there are important policy questions on the link between promotional opportunities and the vitality of competition in these sectors. ...
July 6th 2005
By: Luke
In the wake of Stephen Carter's speech at the Radio Festival in Edinburgh radio group GCap Media PLC said it will seek a judicial review if Ofcom creates new national licences for digital radio.
GCap say that when GWR took a stake in Digital One with NTL in 1999 it was ...
July 5th 2005
By: Russ
From today's FT Mudlark:
Entries came from as far away as Prague in Mudlark's contest to help BT Group find a new name for its fixed-line network.
In the meantime, it's stuck with the prosaic Access Services.
Many of the better suggestions had to be excluded because they included a reference to ...
