Apr 13th 2006
By: Russ
By: Russ
Thursday Round-up: FT on Regulatory Reform Bill; Ofcom on TVWF revisions
The FT reports today that the Regulatory Reform Bill will be amended to address the criticisms of those (such as John Redwood) who claimed that it created powers that went beyond the ability to deregulate.
Also, the Times reports that Ofcom is taking a harder line on the issue of the EU’s proposed revision of the Television Without Frontiers, which will bring video blogs under regulation. Ofcom is quoted as saying:
We would be concerned if direct statutory regulation was applied to internet
content, which in no way resembles broadcast television. We have consistently
said that self-regulation should be considered as a first option.
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