June 20th 2007
By: Scott
I see that the Ofcom Consumer Panel website has had a revamp - and very nice it looks to. The Panel acts as an independent research and policy advisory body for Ofcom on consumer interests in telecommunications, broadcasting and spectrum markets (with the exception of content issues).
Sadly, the new site is ...
June 19th 2007
By: Russ
It's always interesting to see what media content gets banned in particular countries, and under what conditions. For example, in the UK -- a country with very high personal debt levels and ... how to put this delicately ... a drinking problem -- the average television viewer is bombarded ...
June 19th 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom say today:
"Ofcom today announced new measures to provide clear incentives for the efficient use of the radio spectrum used by terrestrial television and radio broadcasters.
To be introduced in 2014, digital terrestrial radio and television broadcasters will be required to pay an annual fee – known as Administered Incentive Pricing ...
June 18th 2007
By: Russ
And the BAFTA for best edited screenplay goes to ... Ofcom for its revisions to Tony Blair's 'Feral Beast'.
Anyway, Matthew Norman reports today:
"The one thing yet to be observed about the speech, on reflection, is that Mr Blair intended it to be an immeasurably more scathing attack ...
June 18th 2007
By: Russ
Generally speaking, I think Ofcom consult well on their proposed regulations and policies. Sure, there have been times -- particularly on issues where politics is involved -- where Ofcom have come up short. I'm thinking mainly of Ofcom's Broadcast Code and Junk Food (HFSS) Adverts consultations. But ...
June 14th 2007
By: Scott
ICSTIS has upheld fines of £45,000 and £50,000, against Zamano and Atlas Interactive Group Ltd respectively, for unsolicited reversed billed SMS joke services the other day dismissing appeals from both parties, but I was more interested to see those old favourites - WIN (Wireless Information Network) appearing yet again: fined ...
June 14th 2007
By: Russ
Details here.
Ofcom say:
Though Channel 4’s ability to deliver PSB in the future is likely to come under sustained pressure from 2010 onwards, there is no apparent need for immediate intervention;
However, work to evaluate potential interventions in the long term should begin now. Ofcom will assess a full range of options ...
June 12th 2007
By: Russ
I've just been browsing the latest Ofcom Communications Market Report, and section 3.2.5 in particular. It's really interesting.
But first, a style note. Ofcom mainly use charts -- colourful bar charts -- to convey data in these types of reports. For some reason, Ofcom refuse to put data ...
June 12th 2007
By: Russ
Click here for the full transcript from the Reuters site. The meatiest nugget:
"It used to be thought - and I include myself in this - that help was on the horizon. New forms of communication would provide new outlets to by-pass the increasingly shrill tenor of the traditional media. In ...
June 12th 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom today awarded the local DAB multiplex radio licence covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to NOWdigital, a wholly-owned sub of GCap.
The twelve-year licence -- covering 8 proposed programme services -- will cover an adult population of about 1.8 million people.
Details here.
