March 24th 2006
By: Scott
The Government has responded to a parliamentary question on how many people have been (a) charged, (b) convicted, (c) fined and (d) cautioned under the Communications Act 2003 at Magistrates Courts in England and Wales; and what the average level of fine levied has been, by providing data from ...
March 23rd 2006
By: Luke
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee will publish its Second Report, Analogue Switch-Off (HC 650) on Wednesday 29 March 2006. The report will be available via the parliamentary website from 3pm on the day of publication. Ofcomwatch recently interviewed the committee's chairman, John Whittingdale, MP, the section of the ...
March 22nd 2006
By: Luke
A few interesting announcements in the Budget from the Chancellor.
Firstly on spectrum...
"We will publish plans for the sale and release of public spectrum." (I suspect this follows on from the recommendations made by the recently published Independent Review of Public Sector Spectrum Holdings)
Secondly on Europe's approach to regulation...
"In the last ...
March 22nd 2006
By: Russ
Folks, as promised, here is another interview, fresh from the oven...
We sat down with David Levy of the BBC last Friday. We wanted to get his take on last week's release of the BBC Charter Review White Paper, and other issues related to the BBC and its special role ...
March 21st 2006
By: Scott
A bit late to the party, but the Daily Mail has taken up my long standing complaint (see previous posts here and here ) about Channel 4 and their blatant and persistent disregard for Ofcom's Rules on the Amount and Distribution of Advertising
According to the paper "In ...
March 21st 2006
By: Luke
Ofcom have launched a consultation aimed at lifting price control regulation on BT line rental and calls. This market has evolved significantly over the past decade, with average call prices having fallen by more than 50% since 1996. More than 10 million households now use providers other than BT for ...
March 20th 2006
By: Luke
After coming under criticism last week for awarding a radio licence to Diamond FM in Plymouth, due to claims that there is no local support for the service - Ofcom have obviously had someone working over the weekend in order to publish their reasons for the award. The rationale is ...
March 20th 2006
By: Luke
Regular readers will have noticed that Ofcomwatch is a group weblog. And our mission statement remains as true as ever - i.e. all views welcome.
So if you've got an opinion about Ofcom then why not share it with the rest of the world on Ofcomwatch!
We would be delighted to send ...
March 20th 2006
By: Russ
This won't mean much to most Europeans, but March always sees what is called 'March Madness' in the States - it is the men's national basketball championships tournament for U.S. universities. Similar to the FA Cup, I suppose, but packed into a tighter schedule...
Anyway, March Madness is always a ...
March 20th 2006
By: Russ
In this Observer piece, Rachel Cooke discusses the 'superb value' of the BBC license fee. Dividing the license fee by BBC format and calculating what programming she consumed, Cooke claims that the BBC only cost her 10p per hour of entertainment so far this March. She concludes by ...
