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The Calendar Zone -- Bringing Order to Calendrical | July 27th 2009 by boris tomson
Calendar comholiday calendar commonthly calendar comblank calendar comprintable calendar comprintfree calendar comcalendar templates comcalendars.compregnancy calendar comovulation calendar comcalandar comcom calendarsmake your own calendar commonthl read more
Virgin Media to measure fibre optic speed
Broadband Finder Blog | July 24th 2009 by James
Fibre optic broadband services provided by Virgin Media are to be measured to find out how fast they really are.The company announced this week it has appointed the partner of communications watchdog Ofcom, SamKnows, to undertake this task, which is read more
No need for broadband "huff", says expert
Broadband Finder Blog | July 23rd 2009 by James
Head of the department of sociology at City University London Professor Frank Webster spoke at the Westminster eForum keynote seminar entitled Broadband for All? and discussed the Digital Britain report, which set out various goals regarding supplyin read more
Digital One - an end to wishing and hoping
Grant Goddard : radio blog | July 22nd 2009
Today, transmission company Arqiva announced that it had finally acquired the remaining 63% stake that it did not own of Digital One, the national commercial radio DAB multiplex, from Global Radio. Tom Bennie, Arqiva CEO said: "Arqiva now plans to in read more
Child safety online 'responsibility of parents and teachers'
Broadband Finder Blog | July 22nd 2009 by James
It is important that parents and teachers are supported so they are in a better position to help youngsters use the web safely, it has been suggested.Will Gardner, chief executive officer at Childnet International, made this comment after Ofcom publi read more
Digital Radio Switchover: Parliamentary Question
Grant Goddard : radio blog | July 22nd 2009
20 July 2009 : Column 561House of CommonsMonday 20 July 2009The House met at half-past Two o’clockPrayers[Mr. Speaker in the Chair]Oral Answers to QuestionsCulture, Media and SportThe Secretary of State was asked—Digital Radio Switchover1. Sir Ni read more
Cameron's blunder over Ofcom
Paul Walter | July 21st 2009
Philip Stephens in the FT says that David Cameron has made a basic error in promising to abolish Ofcom:The problem is that in promising to transfer Ofcom’s work to Whitehall so it is more directly accountable to ministers and parliament, Mr Cameron read more
Fast broadband 'now a mainstream requirement'
Broadband Finder Blog | July 20th 2009 by James
The desire for better broadband services is something that is no longer viewed as the "preserve of geeks and cyber visionaries" and should be an attainable and essential part of the country's future, one expert has argued.Peter Phillips, pa read more
Mobile Merger Mania Mystery Tour 2: No Turkish Delight for T-Mobi…
Developing Telecoms Watch | July 17th 2009 by Joe Willcox
Richard Moat: What's in store for the recently-appointed MD of T-Mobile UK?We're going a bit off the usual 'emerging markets/developing countries' beat again today, I'm afraid. Bear with me. For a few reasons, this is a story I care about.Having worr read more
Ofcom reluctantly publish 3G Coverage maps
MobileGuru Blogs | July 15th 2009 by MobileGuru
Ofcom were under pressure to release the UK networks coverage maps after a freedom of information request. Despite initially denying any knowledge of such data Ofcom finally released nationwide 3G coverage maps for all UK networks. Each operator alre read more
Quango, QUANGO, QuAnGo’s?
Governing Dynamo | July 12th 2009
In the past week the acronym quango has been heavily used in the British media but what exactly does it mean? Quango stands for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation, now that’s still a bit confusing so let’s break it down, quasi read more
Your daily e-mail from the BBC
Entertainment | July 9th 2009 by Dawood Aslam
Thursday, 09 July, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi ASIA-PACIFIC China leaders vow Xinjiang actionChina's leaders vow "severe punishment" for rioters in the Xinjiang region in their read more
Channel 4 Are Showing What?
De-EvolvinG | July 9th 2009 by Alec Beattie
A friend asked me if I'd seen any of the animal autopsy programmes on Channel 4. I was like, what? Channel 4 are showing programmes containing animals being autopsied/chopped up post-mortem? No fucking way!Yes, she said, and it's not just any old ani read more
Mobile Broadband Coverage Maps Published by Ofcom
Mobile Broadband News | July 9th 2009 by Simon H. Grant
The Office of Communications has today published a series of maps showing mobile broadband 'not spots' around the UK. A 'not spot' is an area where no 3G connection is possible leaving consumers either unable to connect or only able to connect via a read more
DAB Radio Isn’t Inevitable, Says BBC Director
Gadget Reviews | July 7th 2009 by Ninja Guy
The Digital Britain report (published Mid June 09) by Lord Carter recommended that all national radio broadcasters cease to broadcast on FM in 2015. But recently there have been more and more voices going against the recommendation. The regulator Ofc read more
Useful chart - the top 20 countries for social media engagement
This is Herd | July 7th 2009 by Dirk Singer
Comscore has published a fascinating chart looking at the top 20 countries worldwide in terms of social media engagement - i.e. the amount of time users on average spend on social networks. The leaders include some surprises and one name that crops read more
DAB Radio Isn’t Inevitable, Says BBC Director
Digitpedia Tech Blog | July 7th 2009 by Chris
The Digital Britain report (published Mid June 09) by Lord Carter recommended that all national radio broadcasters cease to broadcast on FM in 2015. But recently there have been more and more voices going against the recommendation. The regulator Ofc read more
Cameron goes for focus.
Red Rag | July 6th 2009 by Bullingdon Boy
You can tell that Cameron is following the course he is being told to follow by his focus groups. The party of Section 28 are now gay friendly, Gay Pride marching and fun loving people. Someone had better tell the homophobes in his new euro alliance, read more
Quasi-Autonomous Nongovernmental Organization
Angus Dei Politico | July 6th 2009 by Angus Dei
The ubiquitous quango; non elected, non Government, over funded and under threat, well at least from David (Dave) Cameron.A Tory government would close one schools quango, while another - media regulator Ofcom - would be stripped of its policy-makin read more
800MHz Radio Spectrum for Mobile Broadband: Ofcom
UK Broadband ISP Offers | July 3rd 2009
Ofcom, the UK broadband industry regulator has given a significant announcement that the 800MHz UK radio spectrum that would be freed in 2012 will be used for the set up of a mobile broadband network. This decision, apart from enabling the nation to read more
Auntie knows best...
Bing 'em all... | July 2nd 2009
Last night’s BBC Newsnight programme[1] aired a report and discussion of Iranian news broadcaster Press TV[2] announcing that Press TV was being investigated by OFCOM[3] to discover whether the channel “had broken the rules which expect a fair de read more
Offcom Confirms Aditional Spectrum Allocation for Mobile Broadban…
Mobile Broadband News | July 2nd 2009 by Simon H. Grant
The Office of Communications (Ofcom) has officially announced an additional spectrum allocation which has been cleared for mobile broadband. The 800Mhz band has been freed up by the shift from analogue to digital television.Many European countries ha read more
Auction for UK 4G postponed until 2010
4G Phones | July 2nd 2009 by Caimin
UK Telecoms regulator, Ofcom, is dragging its feet again. After earlier promising to award UK 4G licenses by “mid-2009″, it now says it plans to hold the auction next year. The auction has been held up both by legal challenges brought by read more
More people turning to Sky and Virgin packages
Broadband Finder Blog | June 29th 2009 by James
More people than ever are turning to the type of technology provided by companies like Sky, Virgin Media and BT Vision, according to a new study.Although the companies offer a host of broadband internet options, the Ofcom survey revealed it is also t read more
Jeremy Clarkson rapped over 'tasteless' scout joke
HighThrottle | June 27th 2009 by Abhi
He's done it again: Jeremy ClarksonThe Top Gear presenter, with co-star James May, offended both the Scout Association and the Catholic Church while reviewing the Skoda Scout car.May, 46, said: "I suppose every summer it goes off to the country somew read more
Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by Geo…
Robin Good's MasterNewMedia - Russian | June 27th 2009
Media Literacy moves from recognising and comprehending information to the higher order critical thinking skills such as questioning, analysing and evaluating that information. (Source: OFcom) Photo credit: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner Inside this Media read more
Daily News Round Up 27/06
The Artesian Blog | June 27th 2009
The Artesian Blog takes a look at the morning headlines:Sky may have to share TV channels - BSkyB should be forced to make its premium sports and film channels available to rival broadcasters, watchdog Ofcom has proposed.Ofcom said such a move may be read more
Rupert Murdoch has been asking for the BBC to be shut down
Various Philosophies of Cynicism | June 26th 2009 by Will Rhodes
Now that Ofcom is saying that Sky, his baby in the UK, may have to open some of its content – he is pissed. OK, not him directly, but the company itself. Why would that be methinks? I thought that Murdoch was the lord and master of open, free, read more
Simplify Digital Blog » Sky could be forced to wholesale sports…
Power Sports | June 26th 2009 by powersportage
The report released today states that “Ofcom considers that Sky has market power in the wholesale supply of channels containing this attractive content, and that it is acting on an incentive to limit the distribution of these channels ... read more
Ofcom seeks intervention on movie and sports rights | Broadband T…
Power Sports | June 26th 2009 by powersportage
Ofcom says it considers Sky to have market power in the wholesale supply of channels, particularly movies and football, and that it is acting on an incentive to limit the distribution of these channels to rival TV platforms. ... read more
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