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Yahoo Pans Ofcom’s Search Plan, Says BBC.co.uk May Be Too Big - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Jul 2008 07:39 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) - a relative newcomer to broadcast policy lobbying - responded to Ofcom’s ongoing second review of public service broadcasting (PSB) by picking holes in the regulator’s vision…

BT To Invest £1.5 Billion In Super-Fast Broadband, Calls On Ofcom To Ease Restrictions - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 15 Jul 2008 03:17 AM PST

So BT (NYSE: BT) is going ahead with its investment in super-fast broadband--as long as Ofcom plays along. The telecoms firm announced today that it will spend £1.5 billion in…

Round-Up: News Int Axes Research, Freeview HD Invite, Ad-Funded P2P Video - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jul 2008 03:29 AM PST

-- News International: More fall-out from the Boston Consulting Group report that advised axing the magazine unit and introducing a single management layer - The Sun and Times publisher is…

House Of Lords Report On Media Ownership: Aggregators Should Pay For News Gathering - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 27 Jun 2008 04:00 AM PST

The message couldn’t be clearer: Don’t expect media ownership regulation to ease up anytime soon. In a hefty report published today by the House of Lords Communications Committee, it firmly…

UK Snapshot: Broadband Take-Up Highest In Countryside, 30 Percent Watch Video - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 22 May 2008 01:07 AM PST

Thirty percent of us in the UK have used the internet to watch video content - but those in Edinburgh are the biggest users (45 percent) and we Welsh are…

Broadband Content Bits: Ofcom Deregs, EC Plan Advances - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 21 May 2008 02:42 AM PST

-- Ofcom: The media regulator is deregulating the wholesale broadband market for 70 percent of the UK, dropping a compulsion that BT (NYSE: BT) supplies its Datastream network access product…

Ofcom Launches Another Pay-TV Consultation; No Picnic For BSkyB - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 14 May 2008 03:29 AM PST

BSkyB’s launch plans for its digital terrestrial television pay-TV service Picnic are stuck in a holding pattern, after Ofcom announced yesterday, yet another consultation into the service and in Sky’s…

BBC Admits To Premium Rate Phone-In Problems; Pays £123,000 To Charity - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 09 May 2008 12:11 PM PST

The UK’s premium rate phone-in scandal rumbles on. The BBC admitted today that £106,000 raised for charity through a premium rate fundraising phone-in was in fact kept by Audiocall, a…

Ofcom To Fine ITV Record £4 Million For Premium Rate Phone In Scandals? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:14 AM PST

ITV (LSE: ITV) could be slapped with a record fine of about £4 million pounds following the conclusion of Ofcom’s six-month investigation into last year’s premium phone line scandal, reports…

Ofcom: BBC Should Not Pay ISPs For iPlayer Traffic - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 23 Apr 2008 05:42 AM PST

That should settle the matter then. Asked his opinion yesterday by MPs on the House Of Commons’ media and business committees, Ofcom CEO Ed Richards said: “(The BBC paying ISPs)…

Sell BBC Radio, C4 To Fund Public Web Publisher: Bazalgette - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 23 Apr 2008 01:44 AM PST

Add this to the file of BBC detractors. Former Endemol creative director Peter Bazalgette has called for BBC Radio 1 and 2 to be sold and for BBC Worldwide and…

Ofcom Abandons PSP, Floats Ideas To Fund Public Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Apr 2008 01:29 AM PST

Ofcom has proposed giving more license fee money to ITV (LSE: ITV), Channel 4 and others to stave off financial threats they face in digital transition. In its lengthy and…

New Ofcom Rules Would Cause Much Call-TV Income To Dry Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Apr 2008 02:25 AM PST

Well, it was fun for the broadcasters while it lasted. Ofcom has proposed new rules that all but kill interactive TV shows that exist solely to make money. Amongst the…

Ofcom Preps New Spectrum Auctions For ‘Very High-Speed’ Broadband - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 04 Apr 2008 03:41 AM PST

UK telco regulator Ofcom will this summer embark on its biggest ever sale of radio spectrum when it auctions both the 2010-2025MHz block and the 2500-2690MHz block (commonly called 2.6GHz),…

UK Endorses In-Flight Mobile Voice, Data Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 26 Mar 2008 11:43 AM PST

The days of “flight mode” could be numbered. UK telecom regulator Ofcom today ratified plans to allow mobile communications on airplanes in Europe. The proposal first have to be agreed…

Mobile Content Bits: Napster; Dennis Publishing’s Monkey; Mobile TV Spectrum - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 14 Mar 2008 04:14 AM PST

Mobile content news from our sister site mocoNews.net: — Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) Launches on O2: Napster, very slowly building up its mobile operator clients, has signed on UK and European…

Channel 4 Starts £50 Million ‘4IP’ Digital Production Fund - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 14 Mar 2008 01:23 AM PST

Channel 4 and UK regional media development agencies will start a £50 million digital commissioning fund as the broadcaster looks to retain its publicly-funded status whilst enduring tough economic times.…

Mobile Content Bits: DRM-Free Orange; O2 Cuts iPhone Tariffs; Ofcom Looks At Mobile Data - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 30 Jan 2008 06:29 AM PST

Mobile-related headlines from our side of the pond, from our sister site mocoNews.net… - @ Midem: Orange Plans DRM-Free Music Rentals, Still Talking To Nokia: Orange has promised to drop…

BSkyB Ordered To Reduce ITV Stake From 17.5 Percent To 7.5 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Jan 2008 05:00 AM PST

The government has ordered BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) today to divest its 17.9 percent stake in broadcaster ITV to below 7.5 percent, in a ruling that could cost the satellite TV…

Mobile Content Bits: ITV Mobicom, Yahoo/T-Mob Ads, Auction Criticised, Three Wallpapers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 17 Jan 2008 07:27 AM PST

- ITV Launching Made For Mobile TV Series “The Gym”: ITV (LSE: ITV) premieres its second made-for-mobile (and internet) TV show on Monday. The “mobicom” The Gym, is a comedy…

Ofcom’s Pay-TV Inquiry: Round One To BSkyB’s Rivals - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 18 Dec 2007 01:59 AM PST

Ofcom’s initial verdict in its assessment of the UK pay-TV market, prompted by complaints by rivals - pretty good, could do better. The regulator said the sector had grown from…

BBC Wants Faster, Fairer Networks For Future Interactive Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 17 Dec 2007 01:01 AM PST

Here’s another reason for Ofcom to convince telcos to build high-speed open networks - the very future of the BBC’s online provision. The broadcaster’s future media and technology director Ashley…

UK Digital Penetration Driven By Cheapest Bundles: Ofcom - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 12 Dec 2007 07:48 AM PST

British consumers are getting some of the best deals for broadband, mobile and television services in Europe, thanks to cheap bundled services, according to an exhaustive report from Ofcom, looking…

Ofcom To Launch Investigation Into Mobile Sector; New Wireless Services Coming? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 12 Dec 2007 04:48 AM PST

Ofcom will launch an investigation into the UK’s mobile phone industry next year, amid worries that in the rush to convergence regulation is not keeping pace with the rapidly changing…

British Spectrum Auction Set For Next Year - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 09 Dec 2007 10:17 PM PST

British regulator Ofcom will auction spectrum next year: “The 1452MHz to 1492MHz radio spectrum is being freed up by the transition from analogue to digital switchover” reports Tech.co.uk. While the…