November 30th 2007
By: scottvine
Ofcom has fined 'babe channel' Babeworld (operated by Connection Makers Ltd) £25,000 for broadcasting adult material unencrypted, and for promoting a premium rate phone service, which was not justified by the content of the programme. The fine follows several warnings and letters sent by Ofcom to 'babe' channels in 2006 ...
November 29th 2007
By: Russ
UK:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpTEHPWcPEA[/youtube]
US:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7lPjcQEYWA[/youtube]
Oz:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW2eK3sk7tE[/youtube]
November 29th 2007
By: scottlunt
Last night I received a happy email: my login info for the new site called Hulu. Hulu.com is a partnership between NBC and Fox (and others) and offers lots of content, mostly TV but a couple of full length movies as well.
It’s free to watch, but there are interstitial ads ...
November 28th 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom today released research that attempts to measure citizen-consumer perspectives on new or additional spectrum-based services that could result from the digital divided review.
It's an impressive package Ofcom put together. No doubt about that.
I assume this research will go a long way to silence those who have criticised Ofcom's market-based ...
November 27th 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom today released some commissioned research concerning the shopping experience for high definition televisions. It appears as if Ofcom's goal was to see whether or not consumers are being misled with respect to the availability of / equipment needed for actual HD viewing.
It's always good to see Ofcom focus ...
November 26th 2007
By: Russ
Ah, November 2001 ... those were the days ... I was working as a media and telecoms lawyer in D.C., busily discarding branded mouse pads and logo-emblazoned coffee cups as many of my firm's fixed wireless clients (both manufacturers and service providers) went under. Over in the U.K. things ...
November 25th 2007
By: Russ
Folks, it's always interesting to see how the public -- or selected portions of the public -- react to proposals for change in the way they consume television. Two recent examples:
-- Our very own Luke Gibbs recently wrote a piece for The Register in which he suggested that privatisation ...
November 21st 2007
By: Russ
The consultation document -- 128 page PDF -- is here. My random observations:
-- Overall, I'm confused by the complexity of the document. It's mainly aimed at the industry -- that's clear. As a consumer, and not a very technical person, I was confused by most of the ...
November 20th 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom CEO Ed Richards will be speaking and answering the public's questions tomorrow. Details:
Where: London School of Economics, Hong Kong Theatre
When: 21 Nov - 18:30
Host: POLIS at LSE
Unfortunately, I am in the warm sunny South of the USA so I cannot attend. Folks, if you do ...
November 19th 2007
By: Russ
TBIM -- too bad it's Monday, folks.
-- I'm in the USA for a few weeks. I was going to get a BT Home Hub off ebay and destroy it crunk-style on video here in the South with some high calibre weaponry or my nephew's monster truck, but I forgot ...
