June 30th 2008
By: Russ
Own a mobile phone? Going abroad this summer? Ofcom advise*:
Enable your mobile phone: Check with your mobile provider that your phone has been enabled to use abroad. Use at least SPF-30 on your mobile and periodically examine it for any unusual discolouration or swelling.
Check your handset: Check ...
June 26th 2008
By: scottvine
It's has all been about the TV companies being hit for not playing fair with their premium rate phone in competitions up until now, but today Ofcom dished out a 1million GBP plus fine to Britain’s largest radio group GCap. It fined 30 local radio stations, which form part of GCap ...
June 26th 2008
By: Russ
Ofcom announced yesterday that David Currie would step down after Easter 2009.
Currie has been an excellent chair from my external perspective. He will be difficult to replace. Similar to the rest of his initial cohort at the top of Ofcom, he helped create Ofcom and merge it into ...
June 23rd 2008
By: Russ
Interesting piece in the Media Guardian today. Steve Hewlett writes about Andy Burnham and his recent statements concerning various aspects of media policy. Hewlett frames the situation as one where the DCMS minister appears to be re-claiming previously abandoned policy ground from Ofcom.
Hewlett writes:
'Burnham's comments seem to represent ...
June 18th 2008
By: Russ
I was pleased to see Ofcom's recent announcement that it was going to do a massive broadband survey across the UK. I hope they don't overlook aggregators like hotels and universities.
I'm sitting here in an otherwise excellent London hotel right now -- trying to upload an 81m file to ...
June 18th 2008
By: Russ
If you are one of the millions err... thousands ... I mean scores of people following the PSB review no doubt you know that tomorrow is the deadline. Just imagine: Somewhere deep within channel 4 Andy Duncan is crafting his masterpiece. I would imagine it would be ...
June 17th 2008
By: Russ
The broadband gurus at Epitiro have put together a booklet entitled 'Getting Good Broadband'. It is available here. (Caution: it's laced with that annoying stock photography common to these booklets).
For UK consumers, their best suggestion is to emigrate. Bada bing!
Ofcom also has some guidance and tips ...
June 16th 2008
By: Russ
We received the following comment from a reader:
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Forgive me if external linking is not permitted, but I thought your readers might be interested in a blog I run, titled Babe Channels Exposed.
The blog aims to expose not only Ofcom’s bullying of the ...
June 13th 2008
By: Russ
I'm semi-down with the flu, but thought I would see what's about today:
--- Roger Darlington has been consistently following next generation broadband developments over at Commswatch. He relates a particularly funny story about a recent BSG / consumer panel event:
The worst contributions came from:
Steve Robertson of Openreach who was ...
