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UK Broadband exceed 17m connections while net additions fall in Q…
Broadband News and Information Source | December 11th 2009
Latest Telecommunications Market Data Tables from Ofcom show total UK broadband connections now stand at 17,739,000, indicating sluggish growth in new broadband subscriptions during second quarter 2009 while LLU broadband providers continue to make s read more
UK Commercial Radio Revenues Q3 2009
Grant Goddard : radio blog | December 10th 2009
Commercial radio revenue figures for 2009’s third quarter have been published.Q3 2009 DATA£120.2m total revenues£35.7m local revenues£59.8m national revenues – lowest quarter since Q1 1998£24.8m branded contentYEAR-ON-YEARTotal revenues – d read more
Ofcom reports better consumer experience with broadband speeds
Broadband News and Information Source | December 9th 2009
Latest broadband consumer satisfaction report from Ofcom shows tha 81 % of the UK broadband users were happy with the broadband speed they received. Only 13 % switched their providers in 2009, comparing to 24% in the previous year. read more
Baroness Buscombe:what should we make of this combination of view…
Mark Pack's blog | December 5th 2009 by Mark Pack
Baroness Buscombe has me intrigued. She's in favour of the media attacks on the House of Commons, but against those on the House of Lords. (Source) She's in favour of the Press Complaint Commission's remit being extended outside its core areas, but a read more
Ofcom Consultation on hiking BT Wholesale broadband charges
Broadband News and Information Source | December 2nd 2009
Latest consultation from Ofcom telecom regulator focus on how increasing BT wholesale charges on UK ISPs to reduce BT pension deficit can affect broadband users in UK. read more
The Internet - once and for all it really isn’t about teens
Cowshed Productions | November 24th 2009 by Cowshed Productions
Over the past two years there’s been a raft of research out showing how 30+ Internet users are steadily getting to grips with social media. Despite that I still hear occasionally comments like “that’s not for us, we’re not c read more
The Internet - once and for all it really isn’t about teens
This is Herd | November 24th 2009 by Dirk Singer
Over the past two years there’s been a raft of research out showing how 30+ Internet users are steadily getting to grips with social media. Despite that I still hear occasionally comments like “that’s not for us, we’re not c read more
3000 complaints but OFCOM won’t investigate X Factor fix claims
Unreality TV | November 10th 2009
TV regulator OFCOM have confirmed that despite receiving dozens of complaints themselves and 3000 more being submitted to ITV, they don’t intend to investigate ITV’s The X Factor. BBC News reports that Ofcom officials said that it only l read more
People will watch TV on their PCs…so long as it really is TV
Cowshed Productions | November 2nd 2009 by Cowshed Productions
I’m coming to this a few days late due to being in transit to Cow Africa, but UK comms regulator OFCOM has published it’s regular digest of facts and stats. Among other things, the look at adult media literacy reveals that online TV read more
People will watch TV on their PCs…so long as it really is TV
This is Herd | November 2nd 2009 by Dirk Singer
I’m coming to this a few days late due to being in transit to Cow Africa, but UK comms regulator OFCOM has published it’s regular digest of facts and stats. Among other things, the look at adult media literacy reveals that online TV read more
Illegal file-sharing: what does the public think?
Liberal Democrat Voice | October 27th 2009 by Mark Pack
The latest Ofcom survey of internet users in the UK shows that less than half believes downloading shared copies of copyright music and films should be illegal. 42% say it should be illegal, against 33% who believe it shouldn’t be illegal and 2 read more
Illegal file-sharing: what does the public think?
Mark Pack's blog | October 27th 2009 by Mark Pack
The latest Ofcom survey of internet users in the UK shows that less than half believes downloading shared copies of copyright music and films should be illegal. 42% say it should be illegal, against 33% who believe it shouldn’t be illegal and 2 read more
Social networking in the UK: Facebook soars, Bebo and MySpace dro…
Mark Pack's blog | October 26th 2009 by Mark Pack
Cross-posted from the Mandate blog: The latest Ofcom survey of internet usage is packed full of useful statistics and - even more helpfully - they are based on (a) proper research and (b) people in the UK. Many of the figures quoted are American - or read more
Energy Friendly WiMAX
GoingWiMax | October 22nd 2009 by Ari Zoldan
Motorola Powers World’s First WiMAX-based Electric Utility Smart Metering for SP AusNet – Oct 22, 2009 (PR Newswire) The advanced mobile broadband technology allows fast and cost-effective roll-out of new metering infrastructure. Motorol read more
UK mobile networks getting ready for London 2012 Olympics
Broadband News and Information Source | October 20th 2009
UK telecom regulator, Ofcom has come up with plans to manage mobile and wireless networks to support the various events during London 2012 Olympics. The seven week-long events and the subsequent Paralympics are expected to be the most technology-enab read more
İngiltere Raporu: Her 3 çocuktan biri ilk arama sonuçlarını…
SEOmium | Güncel SEO, Web, SEM ve Pazarlama Makaleleri | October 9th 2009 by SEOmium International
Birleşik Krallık‘taki medya standartlarını belirleyen ve bizdeki RTÜK benzeri bir kurum olan Ofcom‘un 12 ila 15 yaşındaki çocuklar arasında yaptığı bir araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre araştırmaya katılanların %32’ read more
Internet dongles causing network strain
Pay as you go broadband | October 6th 2009 by Robin Moore
More than one billion people around the world will be accessing the internet by mobile broadband. These are the latest predictions for mobile broadband users by 2012. Slightly worrying however, is the fact that in Europe the current uptake on mobile read more
A lost generation of newspaper readers? Not necessarily
This is Herd | October 6th 2009 by Dirk Singer
Not everyone is a fan of the French interventionist model of doing things, but an experiment in France shows that it's not inevitable that newspapers will soon be met with a lost generation of readers who no longer consume their news in print. Accor read more
80% Of British TV’s Are Digital
Digitpedia Tech Blog | September 30th 2009 by Chris
There is an estimated 60 million televisions in the UK (average household has 2.4 TV’s), and according to Ofcom 80% of those are Digital TV’s. A surge in uptake means the majority of us are now ready for the switch over from analogue taki read more
80% Of British TV’s Are Digital
Digitpedia Tech Blog | September 30th 2009 by Chris
There is an estimated 60 million televisions in the UK (average household has 2.4 TV’s), and according to Ofcom 80% of those are Digital TV’s. A surge in uptake means the majority of us are now ready for the switch over from analogue taki read more
Broadband VOD Service Regulations Proposed by Ofcom
UK Broadband ISP Offers | September 23rd 2009
The telecommunications regulator of the United Kingdom, Ofcom has a few days back issued a proposal for regulating the broadband VOD (video-on-demand) services for the first time in the history. According to the Ofcom proposal, the broadband video-on read more
Official UK 3G Coverage Maps Now Available
The Mobile Broadband Blog | September 21st 2009 by John Pyramid
Ofcom Releases First 3G Coverage Maps For All UK Networks Ofcom, the UK’s independent regulator for the communication industries has finally published 3G coverage maps for the five UK mobile operators – H3G (3), Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile and read more
RBS want to keep the UK government at bay.
Financial News | September 21st 2009 by Mark
Royal Bank of Scotland is considering approaching the market for extra money to avoid handing more control to the government. The bank, now 70% owned by taxpayers, is preparing to join the government’s Asset Protection Scheme (APS) to stop some read more
The demand for DAB radio: where is it?
Grant Goddard : radio blog | September 17th 2009
Most of the current debate on the challenges facing DAB radio seems to be focused on ‘supply side’ issues, such as upgrading existing DAB transmitters, making DAB radio receivers available in cars and the creation of another national DAB multiple read more
Ofcom gets tough on cell phone cowboys
A View From Middle England by Arden Forester | September 16th 2009 by Arden Forester
I wonder why it has taken Ofcom so long to realise that the best scam in town is flogging a mobile phone contract. On Ofcom's website today is the stark message "Mobile service providers and retailers engaging in dishonest, misleading or deceptive co read more
Pay as you go broadband for students
Pay as you go broadband | September 15th 2009 by Robin Moore
Ofcom have recently released advice for Students about to go to University. It is the first time the organisation has provided a broadband mini guide for students. The guide compares the benefits of pay as you go mobile broadband against the need to read more
UK Commercial radio revenues Q2 2009
Grant Goddard : radio blog | September 7th 2009
Commercial radio revenue figures for 2009’s second quarter have been published.Q1 2009 DATA£119.7m total revenues – lowest since Q3 1999£34.8m local revenues – lowest since Q1 2001£60.0m national revenues – lowest since Q1 1998£24.8m bran read more
BBC Business editor: The advent of the digital news marketplace
This is Herd | August 30th 2009 by Dirk Singer
Over on the BBC Reporters website, business editor Robert Peston has reprinted his speech from the Edinburgh TV Festival, which ended last night. The key take out for me? Journalists are now in competition with each other, whatever the medium, a read more
The end of local newspapers doesn't mean the end of local news
This is Herd | August 22nd 2009 by Dirk Singer
Something I've picked up a few weeks late is this piece in the Economist using Bedworth in the Midlands (UK) as a case study of a town with no (traditional) local media following the closure of its weekly newspaper. What's interesting about the pie read more
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