New York Times: British Regulators Reject BBC Plan to Add Local Web Video News
Saturday, 22 November 2008, 16:02
"The move drew interest across Europe because regulators in several countries, including Germany, are scrutinizing public broadcasters’ digital plans. The European Commission, in a proposal published this month, suggests that governments impose stricter conditions on financing for public broadcasters."
paidContent:UK: Comment: BBC Video Ruling Won’t Save Local Press, Will Throttle Auntie
Friday, 21 November 2008, 14:44
"The rejection of the BBC’s proposal to add video bulletins to its local sites is another ruling from a regulator all too keen to keep Auntie in her box – but it’s not a rescue rope for the troubled local newspaper business."
Saturday, 21 June 2008, 19:44
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"The BBC will propose sharing regional news resources, including non-exclusive footage, to help ITV with the costs of its regional bulletins, and it will tell commercial radio companies that it is willing to spend heavily to market digital radio."
Saturday, 24 May 2008, 12:39
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"The Country Landowners’ Association is disputing a report from OFCOM that rural Broadband services are as good as in urban areas."
Friday, 23 May 2008, 17:45
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"The northeastern city has the highest percentage of homes with broadband as well as digital television, according to statistics from Ofcom. … Glasgow languishes at the bottom of the broadband league …"
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 18:49
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"When it comes to local content – particularly community / social action, or news (outside major news organisations) there is, according to the [Ofcom PSB] report, precious little out there."
Friday, 30 November 2007, 14:08
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"Middlesbrough’s mayor plans to complain to media regulator Ofcom unless Channel 4 apologises for branding the town the worst place to live in the UK."
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 19:09
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"The future of [Ofcom's Sitefinder website] which details all the mobile phone masts in the UK is in doubt following a row over divulging "commercially sensitive" information." (Cough. Scrape! Cough.)
Saturday, 28 July 2007, 15:02
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"Ofcom, the communications regulator, is preparing to auction three key pieces of the UK airwaves that will be left vacant after television’s digital switchover. At least two of those could be used for wireless broadband."
Friday, 6 July 2007, 10:57
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"The public’s trust in TV news has dropped dramatically since 2002, according to new research from Ofcom."
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 09:09
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"ITV will have a strong case for stopping its regional news coverage unless it gets some form of public funding once the analogue signal is switched off, according to new research by media regulator Ofcom."
Saturday, 23 June 2007, 11:03
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The Open Source Consortium says says the BBC is locking users into a Microsoft platform with its iPlayer and will raise an anti-trust complaint with Ofcom next week, and could go as far as the European Competition Commission.
