January 31st 2006
By: Russ
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Taken from Ofcom's Review of the Television Production Sector consultation document.
Update:
According to Ofcom, the numbers in the chart are off in some cases. The correct numbers are:
- There are too many London accents and London interests on TV = 20% disagree
- The quality of the ...
January 30th 2006
By: Russ
Australia's communications minister Helen Coonan announced today that she had appointed Mr. Chris Chapman as the Chairman and CEO of the Australian Media and Communications Authority, or ACMA.
January 27th 2006
By: Luke
Communications Daily reports on some of the remaining issues associated with the BT Undertakings -
"BT is fulfilling the commitments it made to avoid an antitrust probe, but several issues remain outstanding, the U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) said. Ofcom's 2nd quarterly report noted several outstanding risks or issues arising from ...
January 26th 2006
By: Roger Darlington
I spent the morning at the European Commission's London offices attending a seminar organised by the Foreign Policy Centre on the subject of the revision of the European Television Without Frontiers Directive.
The keynote address was given by the DCMS Minister for Creative Industries, James Purnell. Given his background, there ...
January 26th 2006
By: Russ
Check out Viviane Reding's speech in Munich from a few days back. She focuses on the importance of the ICT sector and how Europe really needs to create an innovation economy. Reding doesn't mention the Lisbon agenda, but that is the tone of the speech. Until the ...
January 25th 2006
By: Luke
First we had the super-regulator now the government has proposed the super-consumer group - Consumer Voice.
In a move that might see the Ofcom Consumer Panel moved into a joint consumer body the Government has launched a consultation on how consumer advocacy and representation is structured.
As proposed in the ...
January 25th 2006
By: Luke
David Hickson looks forward to what may result following the recently implemented consultation on the revised "persistent misuse" Statement of Policy.
Ofcom has promised an announcement at the "end of January" following its consideration of the Silent Calls consultation responses. It must now state its position clearly, choosing between the ...
January 24th 2006
By: Luke
In April last year, in response to proposals from the European Commission, we had a small debate on Ofcomwatch as to the viability of Broadband over Power Line (BPL). There was mixed opinion - however the majority of people thought that it wouldn't work due to electomagnetic pulses from ...
January 23rd 2006
By: Roger Darlington
Those who argue that the proposed extension of the European Commission's Television Without Frontiers Directive to all audi-visual media is inappropriate and unnecessary - mainly the UK - put forward the argument that self- and co-regulatory mechanisms would be more appropriate. Therefore The Commission commissed a study on "Co-Regulation ...
January 23rd 2006
By: Russ
Just a quick note to announce that, as of today, Monica Arino has joined Ofcom as part of the regulator's international policy team. Monica was one of our more prolific and insightful Ofcomwatchers, so it's hard to say goodbye, but we wish her all the best as she goes ...
