October 31st 2008
By: Russ
The Culture Media and Sport select committee recently released the uncorrected oral evidence from the 21 Oct hearing on Channel 4's annual report. I am barred from Portcullis House couldn't attend so reading the draft transcript is interesting. Here's the main nugget in my opinion:
Mr Johnson: 'I think the Board's ...
October 30th 2008
By: Russ
My dream of being the next Tony Wilson Ron Burgundy is finally coming to fruition!
Ofcom yesterday said it is developing procedures to award 'small chunks' of UHF radio spectrum in the 'white spaces' where I suppose the larger digital transmitters will leave gaps. Ofcom says the spectrum could be used ...
October 30th 2008
By: Russ
October 29th 2008
By: Russ
That's my take after reading his speech to POLIS, available here.
Hunt said: 'I do endorse the underlying analysis behind [Ofcom's PSB review], not least the vital importance of plurality of provision for both popular and public service broadcasting.'
More later... gotta run...
October 29th 2008
By: Russ
From Ofcom's website:
28|10|08
Ofcom launches Russell Brand show probe
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the Russell Brand show broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
The show featured the presenter – together with guest Jonathan Ross - leaving a series of messages on the answer phone of Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.
The BBC ...
October 24th 2008
By: Russ
Folks, a Friday funny - Ofcom promote a film review contest for kids:
'If you fancy yourself as a budding Jonathan Ross, Mark Kermode or Tom Paulin and you live in Northern Ireland, then we have the competition for you.
Ofcom has joined forces with the Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and ...
October 24th 2008
By: Russ
[from our friend Chris Marsden]
It seems both Copenhagen Economics and the Centre for European Policy Studies have new papers - the former commissioned by the incumbents has a headline-grabbing enormous figure for what 'it' (presumably heavyweight Net Neutrality) would cost Europe.
Hidden in the Guardian piece, Ofcom is actually quite sensibly adopting what ...
October 22nd 2008
By: Russ
Okay, I admit I don't always read everything Ofcom puts out. Some of it is quite dry ... and other Ofcom documents use too many colour charts (with editorial interpretations) instead of just supplying the data in tabular form.
But Ofcom has some snappy, well-written blogs:
The Teachings of Andy Duncan PSB ...
October 22nd 2008
By: Russ
We recently received two substantive comments that I thought I would post on the main page because they would otherwise be buried in the archive:
First, on DAB (from Steven Green):
So DAB is successful, is it? This would be the same DAB for which the Digital Radio Working Group was set ...
October 21st 2008
By: Russ
European policy making appears very opaque and complicated to me. I admire people that can navigate their way through it and actually understand what is going on. Anyway, Ofcom's Ed Richards yesterday delivered this speech in Brussels. He really looks in command of these important issues. Here are some nuggets:
'[W]e ...
