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Ofcom evidence provided to the Leveson Inquiry

February 3, 2012

Evidence provided to the Leveson Inquiry by Ed Richards, CEO; Colette Bowe, Chairman; and Philip Graf, now former Deputy Chairman of Ofcom.

Speech to the Oxford Media Convention

January 25, 2012

Speech to the Oxford Media Convention 25 January 2012 Ed Richards

Spectrum in an age of innovation

November 29, 2011

SPECTRUM IN AN AGE OF INNOVATION SPEECH FOR ECTA REGULATORY CONFERENCE 2011 29 November 2011 Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom

Competition and investment in superfast broadband

November 8, 2011

Speech to Total Telecom World Conference By Ed Richards Chief Executive, Ofcom 8 November 2011 I want to share with you the regulator’s approach for developing superfast broadband in the UK.

Models of media regulation – Ofcom presentation to the Leveson Inquiry

October 5, 2011

Presentation on models of media regulation given by Ed Richards, Ofcom CEO, to the Leveson Inquiry.

The Future: A Regulator’s View by Ed Richards

March 17, 2011

SPEECH FOR ISBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE THE FUTURE: A REGULATOR’S VIEW Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom Introduction There’s a tried and tested routine these days whenever you’re asked to talk about “the future”. It often involves the slow death of linear TV as a mass consumer proposition in the face of the inexorable advance of interactive technology, social networking and...

Oxford Media Convention. Speech by Ed Richards

January 24, 2011

It is always very difficult to do the final session in a conference of this kind because everybody has heard the news already. It is even harder when the one thing that people really want to ask me about is something that I can’t tell them about. If anyone has been hanging on to hear what recommendations...

FT World Telecoms Conference

November 16, 2010

Speech to FT World Telecoms Conference

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 communications...

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...

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