March 30th 2006
By: Roger Darlington
The Westminster Media Forum held a seminar this afternoon on the subject of the BBC White Paper. The opening keynote speaker was Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport. She began her address by proclaiming: "The BBC is unique. There is nothing else quite ...
March 30th 2006
By: Russ
Ofcom today announced a consultation on the mobile call termination wholesale market. This wholesale market results in those (usually large) fees mobile operators tend to charge in the UK when you call 'off-net' (eg, when an Orange customer calls an O2 customer).
This is a highly-charged consumer issue with a ...
March 29th 2006
By: Russ
Even though they make great fodder for writing on OfcomWatch, I just hate it when regulators or the government waste our tax dollars with useless, feel-good exercises poorly aimed at 'protecting' the confused consumer. Some examples we've previously mocked ... I mean ... highlighted include:
The Ofcom Pass - a ...
March 29th 2006
By: Luke
The Ofcom Consumer Panel today welcomed the Culture, Media and Sport Committee�s (DCMS) recommendation that high priority and a grassroots action plan to help vulnerable people is needed in the delivery of digital switchover.
Responding to the Committee�s �Analogue Switch-Off� report, the independent Consumer Panel reiterated the urgency with which the ...
March 29th 2006
By: Luke
The Government has been warned that if its plans for analogue switchoff are to succeed �it needs to lead and be transparently accountable for its policies.�
A report by the Culture Media and Sport Committee argues that there need to be �clearer chains of command with precise responsibilities specifically defined� with ...
March 28th 2006
By: Yves Blondeel
At a press conference held today, Commissioner Vivane Reding, flanked by Kip Meek of Ofcom, currently chairman of the European Regulators Group (ERG), confirmed the intention of the European Commission to seek the adoption of a Regulation on international mobile roaming charges in the EU.
After weeks of discussion, some preliminary ...
March 28th 2006
By: Don Redding
The National Heart Forum, an alliance of health and consumer groups, has criticised Ofcom's proposals on food advertising as disproportionate and disappointing. Their news release reads:
The National Heart Forum (NHF) described proposals published by Ofcom today (28 March) as disappointing and disproportionate and it criticised the regulator for dismissing the ...
March 28th 2006
By: Russ
Lisa: It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.
Homer: Don't you ever, EVER talk that way about television.
Folks, you may have read about this in the press lately. Under pressure from the DCMS, Ofcom is now consulting on ...
March 27th 2006
By: Scott
I had an interesting experience with Ofcom today. I called them up with a question about a document on their website and was told that the competition and marketing section dealt with the particular document. Fair enough. Could I speak to someone in that section I ...
March 26th 2006
By: Roger Darlington
This week, I had my first invitation to something called the Telecomunications Executive Network which describes itself as "set up to bring together influential players within the telecommunications industry and its periphery to exchange ideas and discuss new business strategies". Certainly this London event was both very interesting and high ...
