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Competition law and the communications sector
July 13, 2010
Speech to the UCL Jevons Insitute for Competition Law and Economics Annual Colloquium By Ed Richards Chief Executive, Ofcom 7 July 2010 My topic today will be the complex regulatory environment in the communications sector. There are three themes I would like to cover: First it is useful to consider the state of ex-post and ex-ante regulation in the...
Speech for the European Media Forum – Consumers’ Access and Use of Digital Services
July 6, 2010
Consumers’ Access and use of Digital Services Speech for European Media Forum By Ed Richards Chief Executive, Ofcom 23rd June 2010 Introduction – the context We’ve heard from Robert Madelin this morning about the Commission’s far-sighted and wide-ranging Digital Agenda and how central it is to the development of economies in the EU. Indeed, all three EU institutions, the Commission, Council and...
Halt in decline of flagship TV news programmes
June 30, 2010
Highlights of a speech given today [30 June 2010] by Stewart Purvis Partner, Content & Standards: TV audience research released today shows that the decline in audiences for flagship news programmes created by increased choice for viewers has halted. Ofcom analysed viewing figures for flagship weekday evening news programmes on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4 and Five between...
Cable Congress 2010, Speech on Net Neutrality – 3 March 2010
March 3, 2010
Ed Richards, Chief Executive Ofcom Speaking at today’s Cable Congress conference, Ofcom’s Chief Executive Ed Richards said: “The deployment of traffic management techniques and policies is now happening in scale here as well. And last year’s adoption of the EU Framework moves us firmly into new territory. It gives regulators an extensive array of powers and a clear...
Speech outline: LSE MeCCSA plenary “Key regulatory challenges: the content economy”
January 15, 2010
MeCCSA Annual Conference 2010, LSE, 6 January 2010, Christopher Woolard, Partner – External Affairs and Governance, Ofcom Introduction Thanks for inviting me this morning. I could talk about a whole range of issues across networks, infrastructure and other areas of Ofcom’s remit, I would like to concentrate my contribution this morning on content and some key issues...
Telecoms Briefing – 16th December 2009
December 16, 2009
The Ofcom briefing for telecommunications analysts took place at 10:15 on 16 December 2009. Download the slides [PDF, 273kb] Read the full transcript [PDF, 112kb]
Analyst Briefing 22|09|09
September 22, 2009
The Ofcom briefing for investment analysts took place at 10:00 on 22 September 2009. Download the slides [PDF, 270kb] Read the full transcript [PDF,112kb]
Westminster eForum: Broadband for all? Broadband and the Universal Service – 16th July 2009
July 21, 2009
Thank you. We’ve already heard this morning about the challenges in encouraging broadband take-up beyond the roughly two-thirds of people who currently have it. I want to examine with you what is often considered to be the other side of the coin - how do we ensure the network infrastructure is there and ready for much wider take-up?...
Band manager award – second consultation on detailed design, 9 July 2009
July 9, 2009
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Telecoms analysts’ briefing – 8 July 2009
July 8, 2009
A full transcript of the briefing, including Q&A, is available here: Download the slides [PDF, 401kb] Read the full transcript [PDF,157kb]
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