October 10th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis has started his own blog on wireless issues. As an industry analyst/consultant, I strongly suspect he speaks to different people within companies than the conventional broker analyst, and even in his first few posts he's got a couple of interesting tidbits I can't imagine seeing ...
October 10th 2005
By: Russ
Today's MediaGuardian has an interesting piece from Emily Bell that discusses the BBC's ongoing trial of its IMP. She writes in part:
[I]n the world of new, more open business models, should the BBC not be using this to repeat, if they wish, shows from ALL terrestrial broadcasters - or at ...
October 7th 2005
By: Russ
OfcomWatch friend Christian Ahlert and his colleagues have cooked-up something really cool:
Check out openbusiness.cc
In their words:
Open business is designed to help the little guy along on his journey to spread his idea while creating revenues in the process. In order to sustain a rich innovative global community, access to information ...
October 5th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
Here at OfcomWatch, we're following with interest, and some concern, the proposed revision of the European Television Without Frontiers Directive which was at the heart of the audiovisual conference held in Liverpool on 22 September. For all the relevant documents and speeches, check out the DCMS web site and the ...
October 5th 2005
By: PeggyV
Yesterday, the European Commission launched a special website dedicated to international roaming tariffs. The aim of the website is � by making public the roaming tariffs from the operators in all 25 EU Member States � to help consumers get a better deal when using their mobile phones abroad.
We can, ...
October 4th 2005
By: Russ
Last Thursday, the Progress and Freedom Foundation blog weighed-in on the European Commission's proposed revisions to the Television Without Frontiers Directive. Here's a nugget:
Here in summary is why [the EC] is frightfully wrong: 1) TVWF is supposed to promote economic growth in Europe, but saddling new video entrants
with additional regulations ...
October 4th 2005
By: Russ
I'm back in the U.K. and what do I find?
The Times published a human-interest-style interview with Stephen Carter of Ofcom yesterday. The articles portrays the BT settlement as successful and...finished. We're told:
Finding a solution that would benefit consumers and end persistent
complaints from rivals while not alienating BT ...
October 4th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
I've now been back from Hungary a few days following my participation in a three-day international media conference, so I have had some time to reflect on the event. It was organised by the International Children's Safety Service (NGS) and the National Radio and Television Board (ORTT) and the title ...
