September 30th 2005
By: Luke
Leighton Andrews is an occasional Ofcomwatcher, Honorary Professor at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University (JOMEC), and full time Welsh Assembly Member representing Rhondda.
When he gets a spare moment he is also writing a book on the BBC and Britishness in the Birt/Dyke period!
Whilst he ...
September 30th 2005
By: Russ
OfcomWatch friends OpenSpectrumUK are hosting an event in London this coming Tuesday called Future Wireless. They say:
The Future Wireless programme features a day of presentation, demonstration, practical ...
September 29th 2005
By: Paul
The following letter was noticed today on one of the �small specialist internet sites / forums� described in the text and visited from time to time by myself. The topic will be familiar to regular readers over the past year but the implications are a little worrisome.
�Complaints about various programmes ...
September 29th 2005
By: Luke
India's Information and Broadcasting Secretary, S K Arora, speaking at the India Television Summit 2005, has outlined a new committee, comprising representatives from the industry and social organisations, to develop a policy for regulating content on television channels and films.
The committee aims to develop new guidelines for broadcasters by the ...
September 29th 2005
By: Nicholas Francis
The European Commission has published a concluding report (10 pages, PDF) on the sector inquiry into the provision of sports content over third generation mobile networks. The sector inquiry began at the start of 2004 and its reported aim was to allow the Commission and EFTA Surveillance Authority to develop ...
September 29th 2005
By: Luke
MediaGuardian reports:
"The threat of a high court legal challenge to Ofcom has receded after GCap Media said it expected the media regulator to alter proposals to expand digital radio.
Ralph Bernard, the new chief executive of GCap Media, warned in July that the group would take Ofcom to a judicial review ...
September 29th 2005
By: Paul
Ofcom�s latest batch of documents was of interest from a number of angles. The way in which some of the research (Language and sexual imagery in broadcasting a contextual investigation) was carried out was certainly worthy of comment:
�The research was qualitative in nature. This means it explored in some depth ...
September 28th 2005
By: Scott
I have posted before (on my Informationoverlord Blog) on the subject of Channel 4 (and E4's) quite blatant disregard for Ofcom's Rules on the Amount and Distribution of Advertising with its broadcasts of the excellent (if Silly) US drama Lost; and watching tonight it seems that the Channel has ...
September 28th 2005
By: Luke
It seems the Aussies had hoped to switch off the analogue signal in 2008.
However, poor take-up rate prompted an admission from Austrialian Communications Minister Helen Coonan this week that the planned analogue switch-off date now seemed unachievable.
A survey commissioned by the newly established Australian Communications and Media Authority shows widespread ...
September 28th 2005
By: Don Redding
I attended the Liverpool Broadcasting Conference at which the revision of the TV Without Frontiers Directive was discussed and am currently writing up an observer's report. I will post again when it's complete and available.
Don Redding, Public Voice
Note new email address don.redding@pop3.altohiway.com
