January 31st 2007
By: Russ
We received the following comment from the British Entertainment Industry Radio Group:
"Another major impact of the digital switchover is threatened loss of interleaved spectrum (an certainly the loss of useful spectrum co-ordination through the JFMG) for PMSE (Programme Makiing and Special Events) use. So - loads of bandwidth for new ...
January 30th 2007
By: Russ
In this elegant posting, the Open Knowledge Foundation takes aim at Ofcom's idea for a public service publisher, or PSP. Some of the criticism is fair -- and some over-stated. The Foundation writes:
"[I]t became clear that the decision had already been made to turn the PSP into a ...
January 30th 2007
By: Russ
I thought it was interesting that the very first adjudication in Ofcom's most recent Broadcast Bulletin (released yesterday) was one involving racist remarks. Click here for the bulletin. So, if you are interested in learning how Ofcom might approach the recent furore over certain Celebrity Big Brother housemates ...
January 29th 2007
By: Russ
A friend of mine who just took the U.K. citizenship test was quizzing me over dinner on Saturday night and --- while she could not remember the exact question --- she said the U.K. citizenship test asks something along the lines of 'If you have ten TVs in your house, ...
January 23rd 2007
By: KeithJamesMc
OFCOM have released another monster (and interesting) report which is the Market Impact Assessment on the proposed BBC On Demand services. It is too early for me to have digested the whole 168 pages, but there are three points that immediately spring to my mind from an initial glance at ...
January 23rd 2007
By: Luke
Ofcom today published its first Market Impact Assessment (MIA) which examines the BBC's proposal to develop and bring to market new on-demand services.
The proposed services represent an important opportunity for audiences to access BBC content in new and different ways. The services also have the potential to expand growth in ...
January 19th 2007
By: Russ
I spent yesterday at the Oxford Media Convention. This was the third or fourth year I had attended and -- except for Andy Duncan's embarrassing beg-a-thon -- it's generally a good overview of law and policy in the U.K. media sector.
I thought the most interesting part of the day ...
January 19th 2007
By: KeithJamesMc
I always get frustrated when I hear the beeb expressing its licence fee in the mandatory cost to the individual householder, so here is a different view.
A quick explanation about the model:
Number of households is taken from the Annual report and is the combined total of fee paying colour licence ...
January 18th 2007
By: Russ
This morning, just before heading off to the Oxford Media Convention, I typed 'Shilpa' into the Ofcom website search engine.
The result? A recommended link: 'Complain to Ofcom about Celebrity Big Brother'.
Thinking this proactive Ofcom stance might work for my benefit, I then searched for 'Dunstone' - no luck...
January 17th 2007
By: Russ
Yesterday the European Commission issued this press release, highlighting the importance of 'media pluralism' and some steps the European Commission is doing to promote the concept. The Commission envisions three-steps:
1. a staff working paper, available here*;
2. an independent study, to be completed in 2007, on media pluralism ...
