Iain Dale - kind words for Ofcom

Yesterday influential blogger Iain Dale praised Ofcom, and Lord Currie in particular: Currie says that within ten years the entire media world will have completely changed. ... As you might imagine, I'm not a great fan of regulators, but Ofcom have rather impressed me in my dealings with them. They're open ...

Europe’s PSB Mess?

I attended the 'From Secret Service to Public Service' international conference at the Central European University in Budapest on Friday. Great event. As I have written before, people who think that Hungary sits at the remote edge of Europe really have no idea how much energy and fresh ideas are ...

Ofcom takes action against silent calls - at last

Ofcom has issued notifications to Carphone Warehouse; IDT Direct(trading as Toucan); Brakenbay Kitchens Ltd; and Space Kitchens Ltd for causing annoyance to consumers through the making of silent or abandoned calls, and for not abiding by revised guidelines relating to such calls. Ofcom found that the four companies had: (i) ...

Kip Meek to stand down from Ofcom Board

The Ofcom Board today announced that Chief Policy Partner Kip Meek will be standing down from the Ofcom Board with effect from early 2007. Kip Meek joined the Ofcom Board in March 2003 and is responsible for Ofcom's content and standards, legal and international functions. As Chairman of the independent European ...

This year’s Ofcom annual lecture

Ofcom's Chairman Lord Currie today delivered the second annual Ofcom lecture at an event in the Lewis Media Centre in central London organised by the Westminster Media Forum and chaired by the BBC's Nick Higham. Lord Currie's headline message was : "The most encouraging trend in the communications market over the ...

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August 5th 2008
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OfcomWatch South HQ: Atlanta

Fellow OfcomWatch co-founder Luke Gibbs and I -- in full OW uniform -- visited CNN HQ in Atlanta today. Our mission: spread Ofcom-related love and cheer to the new world via the world's most trusted news source.  Unfortunately we instead found ourselves in the CNN studio tour. Atlanta is ...
August 4th 2008
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Media policy position open at Univ of Oxford

Hey folks, I am back from the beach but still stuck in this Atlanta heat for another week... Here's a job opportunity for those of you -- like me -- that could not get into engineering or medicine. The Centre for Socio Legal Studies (CSLS) at the University of Oxford ...
July 24th 2008
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OfcomWatch: on holiday…

Well folks, the lazy days of summer are upon us.  Let's face it:  the regulatory environment in the UK was turning into a bit of a mid-summer bust -- capped off with the BBC's report that it adds billions of pounds to the UK economy each year.  Funny how the ...
July 24th 2008
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Ofcom to permit more advertising

See the Ofcom press release below. More advertising is a good thing. It will: (i) drive people to get tools like Sky+ or products like DVD box sets or iTunes downloads; and (ii) possibly encourage people to read more. I suppose if the new advertising funds better ...
July 21st 2008
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Guardian’s Maggie Brown on Ofcom’s ‘chairman’s challenge’; Monday round-up…

UPDATE on GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE RULING: I've now taken the time to read Ofcom's ruling. What can one say about a controversial television programme on a complex topic? Surely it will contain errors of some sorts. Surely it will upset some people. Does Ofcom's decision really remedy ...

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