November 15th 2007
By: Russ
Folks, Ofcom are having a rough go of it lately ...
1. The PSP: The Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport later today releases its report on Public Service Content (check here). It's a long report, but I thought the most important nugget for OfcomWatching purposes ...
November 14th 2007
By: Russ
I just returned from London to learn that ITV are filming an episode of Lewis in my Oxford neighborhood of Jericho. According to the written notice someone from the production team slipped in my mail slot, Lewis will be investigating a murder in Jericho. Anyway, according to ITV ...
November 12th 2007
By: ChrisMarsden
Tomorrow, the European Commission finally releases its review of the 2003 Telecoms Package. In a Europe of 27 countries, it will of course argue that it should establish a mini-FCC, the European Electronic Communications Market Authority. Of course, the FCC has let oligopoly run unchecked in a US of fifty ...
November 12th 2007
By: Russ
Ofcom were targeted in a Sunday Times article about high rates of pay in the public sector. Apparently, the Taxpayers' Alliance presented research which showed that 11 current or former senior Ofcom officials are in the top 100 of public sector pay.
So, are Ofcom officials overpaid?
I've previously commented on ...
November 9th 2007
By: Russ
Interesting week, folks:
-- The Telegraph reports BT Group CEO Ben Verwaayen talking about fibre / next gen broadband: 'There is no way we are going to carpet the country with fibre, but you could have incentives for us and others to go with a whole variety of bandwidth enhancing ...
November 8th 2007
By: Russ
Folks, YouTube is turning out to be a very interesting method for frustrated consumers I mean citizens to share their experiences with their broadband providers. Here's the latest (Virgin Media):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJhq_dGr5k[/youtube]
As we've said before -- the litigation remedy may soon be approaching. The European Commission is hosting a conference ...
November 6th 2007
By: Russ
Hey folks, it's like we are having an Anthony Lilley festival here at OfcomWatch. Last week, I commented on his call for a fresh look at public subsidy in the media marketplace. And yesterday I saw Lilley's Huw Weldon Lecture (RTS) on the BBC. Here's my take ...
November 5th 2007
By: Russ
Well, not exactly...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHOAtgMqr5I[/youtube]
He's clearly not going to privatise Channel 4.
November 5th 2007
By: Russ
Today's Sydney Morning Herald reports:
'An Australian researcher is on the road to riches after discovering a way to make broadband connections up to 100 times faster.
University of Melbourne research fellow Dr John Papandriopoulos is in the throes of moving to Silicon Valley after developing an algorithm to reduce the electromagnetic ...
November 3rd 2007
By: Russ
Top notch redesign at Ofcom. Regardez:
