February 12th 2007
By: Roger Darlington
Many thanks to those of you who attended or spoke at our conference on February 5th on the Digital Dividend Consultation.
Our member group, the CMA, are very kindly hosting a brief summary of conference outcomes, together with a copy of the information for delegates and a selection of presentations. You ...
February 10th 2007
By: KeithJamesMc
ZDNET are reporting that the OFCOM chairman, Lord Currie, made some shocking statements in a speech to a trade association of comms users in business, Communications Management Association.
"For customers who live too far from an exchange, technically this is a problem that could be solved by fibre. But the services ...
February 8th 2007
By: scottlunt
In a statement released February 6th, Steve Jobs, chief of Apple, Inc., fired a shot across the bow of the "big four" record labels–Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI. Jobs says that if he had his way Apple would sell music on the iTunes Music Store with no DRM. It's ...
February 7th 2007
By: Russ
I thought I would link to this funny piece by Martin Belam, which points out an important blind spot in recent research on the BBC's new iPlayer. It's nothing new, I suppose -- almost two years ago we interviewed Roger Bennett of ELSPA who observed that U.K. policy-makers were 'out ...
February 6th 2007
By: Russ
I'm basically a cheerleader for anything 'great' about media and communications. It's why I love the sector so much. And nothing in the past 10 years has excited me as much as HDTV.
Freeview? Well, it's okay... I've posted before on its limitations as a viewing platform, but ...
February 6th 2007
By: Russ
Luke and I have been evaluating Ofcom's progress as it enters its fourth year of operations. There's mostly good news to report: Apart from remit-related problems of the BBC and the internet -- it's fair to say that Ofcom deserve its reputation as a high-calibre, light-touch regulator. That's not to ...
February 2nd 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom announced yesterday the departure of competition partner Sean Williams, who heads to the Office of Fair Trading. Williams was once rumoured to be a candidate for the vacant CEO spot taken by Ed Richards. Williams, Carter, Meek, Foster... many of the original Ofcom senior team are now ...
