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1.
Internet TV cements place in the broadcast market and cements bums on sofas
... last week's study from UK broadcast regulator
Ofcom
, which reported British consumers spending 45 percent of their waking hours watching TV, using their mobiles and other communication devices. Juggling ...
2.
TV, phones and internet take up almost half our waking hours
UK consumers are spending almost half (45 per cent) of their waking hours watching TV, using their mobiles and other communications devices, new
Ofcom
research reveals. We're now sending four times ...
3.
Netflix signs Hollywood streaming deal which could upset traditional operators
... react. Meanwhile in the UK, last week media regulator
Ofcom
referred its 3-year pay TV movie investigation, primarily concerning Sky, to the Competition Commission. The referral relates to rights to ...
4.
Virgin Media takes wind out of Canvas sails
Demands for
Ofcom
investigation, as new report calls for abolition of licence fee It may have appeared to be smooth sailing for Project Canvas, but Virgin Media has decided to put the boot in. It has ...
5.
Customers continue being short-changed by broadband providers
Virgin comes out clean, launches trial which could massively increase customer base UK Communications regulator
Ofcom
has delivered a damning report on ISPs and the headline broadband speeds they actually ...
6.
Ofcom research reveals increase in UK's average actual broadband speed – but consumers still not achieving advertised speeds
Ofcom
's broadband speeds research, conducted in partnership with broadband monitoring specialists SamKnows, has found that speeds have increased from 4.1Mbit/s to 5.2Mbit/s as internet service providers ...
7.
Sponsors
... both on online and TV including SKY and many other European Channels. Smart Live holds a UK gambling Commission and Malta Lottery and Gaming Licences and also regulated by
OFCOM
for TV side. ...
8.
TV Gaming & Gambling - Overview
... and with the shift in
Ofcom
's licensing to recognise gambling as Teleshopping we now have clearer opportunity for broadcasters and gambling operators to work together to bring new ...
9.
Spending on new TV programmes continues to fall
Ofcom
has published its Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report.
Ofcom
has a requirement under the Communications Act to asses Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in terms of their delivery of the public ...
10.
BT customers score with huge savings on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2
... interests of customers.” The start of a new more competitive market was sparked by a ruling from
Ofcom
, which obliged Sky to wholesale Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 at regulated prices to rivals ...
11.
Brought to You By Ofcom – tepid response to horse bolted, stable door banging effort on product placement
... to the fridge by those watching the greatest television series ever made and many a later purchase of the world’s greatest beer. Heineken. This week,
Ofcom
, the UK’s broadcasting regulator/nanny, ...
12.
UK is losing the fibre race
... and other utility networks. “I wholeheartedly welcome
Ofcom
’s proposals to open up access to BT’s ducts and telegraph poles to promote further investment – and the positive and constructive attitude ...
13.
Ofcom revises regulations on advertising of premium rate numbers for adult and psychic PTV services
Following two years of lobbying the Association of Interactive Media and Entertainment (AIME) welcomes yesterday's ‘Participation TV Part 3 (PTV3)’ statement by communications regulator,
Ofcom
. The statement ...
14.
ISPs to become copyright police under Ofcom plans
... we now have a clearer picture of what this action will mean, as
Ofcom
has published its proposed code of practice on copyright infringement. It looks as if the UK’s largest ISPs will be responsible for ...
15.
BBC launches beta of third generation iPlayer
... for licence fee payers. BSkyB’s spokesman continued, “and when the idea of content aggregation was first discussed during iPlayer's original approval,
Ofcom
called for a further public value test should ...
16.
The changing face of digital consumption
... the young. First from media regulator
Ofcom
was its Media Literacy report, which found a majority of UK internet users were becoming more knowledgeable about security issues and less willing to provide ...
17.
ISPs – get your marketing straight or there may be regulation
Ofcom
considers its speed code, as BT rolls out more fast fibre
Ofcom
’s been all over the place the week, publishing its Pay TV review to the delight of Sky, publishing its proposals to reduce mobile ...
18.
Ofcom tilts the wholesale scales with Review findings
Sky to appeal the Regulator’s “unprecedented and unwarranted” intervention It didn’t go quite as far as BT might have liked, but
Ofcom
has finally published its Pay-TV Review and, as expected, Sky is ...
19.
Sky already seething ahead of Ofcom Pay-TV Review
... 40% of its customers defected from Sky, and those defections could increase further if
Ofcom
reports as expected this month – more on this in a second. Emma Scott, managing director of Freesat, described ...
20.
Broadband tax gets the go-ahead and BT will have to share its ducts
... off the Internet if the tax went through, unable to afford that 50p a month. The tax itself will be charged and collected by fixed line operators and passed to
Ofcom
, who will put the cash into a 'Next ...
21.
No UK scrutiny of T-Mobile / Orange merger
... control. In the OFT’s official statement it said: “The OFT has worked closely with the EC and
Ofcom
to review these proposed remedies, and is satisfied that the joint venture will not now have an adverse ...
22.
Another plan emerges to close the digital divide
... that figure by 60%, targeting older people and the less well-off. A consortium of 60 public and private organisations, including
Ofcom
, Google, BBC, Sky and Age UK, are supporting the plan, helping “people ...
23.
Taxed enough already: UK ultra fast broadband tax slammed by MPs
... Facebook users begin updating their friends on their latest madcap adventures. According to
Ofcom
’s latest research, the average actual broadband speed across the UK was 4.1Mb, a figure researched in ...
24.
Product placement coming to a television near you
... permissible from the get-go. Rather, once the regulations come into effect,
Ofcom
will be instructed to run a public consultation on the changes to its Television Code before it can actually amend it to ...
25.
Cable Europe: latest growth figures boost digital agenda lift-off
... Congress 2010 will also feature later today a special policy session that features Ed Richards (CEO,
OFCOM
UK) Matthias Kurth (President BNetzA Germany), Antti-Ilmari Peltomäki (Deputy Director General, ...
26.
Virgin Media to launch flagship 100Mb broadband
... Media products and services visit: www.virginmedia.com. Notes to editors * The average actual broadband speed was 4.1Mb according to
Ofcom
’s most recently published research, in conjunction with SamKnows, ...
27.
Will LTE bump up Britain’s woeful broadband figures?
02 trials 4G in Slough, while Sweden and Norway launch first commercial networks The OECD has just published its updated broadband statistics for June 2009, and the UK should hang its head in shame. ...
28.
Triple play services on the up as consumers watch pennies
Ofcom
launches review into service switching barriers despite high satisfaction levels With the advent of price comparison websites, and generally greater consumer awareness, the number of people switching ...
29.
Ofcom consults on wholesale pension hole plugging
... the payments. And now
Ofcom
has published a consultation to determine if BT should be able to pass some of those pensions costs on to its rivals.
Ofcom
sets the prices that Openreach, BT's wholesale ...
30.
Canvas will stifle competition, says Sky
... pay TV market meant increased prices for consumers. They also said that the lack of competition in the market was, that’s right, “stifling growth and innovation”. This was in a joint submission to
Ofcom
...
31.
Ofcom consults on VOD regulation
Our friends at
Ofcom
have published a consultation on the future regulation of Video on Demand services to work out just how that regulation should be implemented to satisfy EU legal requirements. The ...
32.
Pact welcomes ITV's Terms of Trade announcement
... the Pact/ITV Terms of Trade agreed in 2007. The Pact/ITV Terms of Trade were developed after clear instructions from
Ofcom
in 2006 - and evolved from previous terms - to allow broadcasters to develop ...
33.
Pact welcomes ITV's Terms of Trade announcement
... the Pact/ITV Terms of Trade agreed in 2007. The Pact/ITV Terms of Trade were developed after clear instructions from
Ofcom
in 2006 - and evolved from previous terms - to allow broadcasters to develop ...
34.
IP Rights at heart of Digital Britain - Pact
... give
Ofcom
regulatory powers to deal with piracy," he said. The report outlines the government's decision to implement a rights framework for the digital sector - proposed by Pact in their submission ...
35.
Terrestrial high-definition TV pilot launched in UK with Arqiva and Enensys collaboration
... by
Ofcom
, the UK communications regulator, and managed by the Pilot Steering Group[1],the pilot aims to validate the performance expectations of the DVB-T2 specification, by undertaking an extensive programme ...
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