News Source: The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called on BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, to move quickly to conclude a series of joint ventures with the broadcaster as he battles to secure C4's future. The communications minister, Lord...
News Source: The Scotsman
| 5 months ago
AS HE strode up the steps and into STV's compact reception area, Mark Thompson made a little bit of broadcasting history. Shaking hands with Rob Woodward, chief executive of STV, Thompson became the first director-general of the BBC that anyone could...
News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
Three days after he unveiled a vision of Britain’s digital future – and how the taxpayer is going to pay for it – Lord Carter, the communications minister, is already eyeing a summer flit to France. For the man who hopes to see Britain carpeted...
News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
The subject of regulation is not a page turner, but we are going to have to get used to reading and hearing a lot more about it. After the recent financial meltdown, regulators around the world are trying to ensure such an event is never repeated.
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Consumers are facing an annual £6 “landline” tax to help expand Britain’s broadband network, but tests on the new technology show it offers only half the promised speeds. The levy, which could be introduced as soon as next April and continue...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Two of Britain’s biggest telecoms bosses have this weekend come out against the government’s proposed £6-a-year levy on telephone lines, labelling it as an unfair “poll tax” that marks a backwards step for their industry. The measure,...