By: Russ
“I’ll tell people what to think. Now you tell me what to think.” - Homer Simpson
Ofcom recently stood up against Digital One over the issue of Ofcom issuing a second national DAB multiplex license. Digital One, which is majority owned by GCap, holds the only current national DAB license. Predictably, GCap opposes Ofcom’s intention to issue a new multiplex. It’s hard for someone like me to side with GCap. Listening to an incumbent complain about new competition generally doesn’t interest me as a consumer.
GCap and Ofcom also seem to be engaging in confidentiality-laced debate! First, GCap presents what it called a ‘confidential legal submission’ to Ofcom. (see paragraph 5 of this document for the reference). Then, in its responsive statement, Ofcom redacts significant portions of its analysis.
Maybe GCap and Ofcom can find a secret court to settle their dispute? The court’s decision can also be non-public… but it won’t matter because we’ll all be using iTunes anyway!
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