la oficina de telecomunicaciones del reino unido ofcom ha propuesto al sector de las telecomunicaciones de este paas un cambio en profundidad no tanto de metodologaa procesal en los arbitrajes y adjudicaciones como estructural en la forma en la que informan a los consumidores sobre el derecho que les asiste para resolver sus quejas yo disputas extrajudicialmente. por ley todos los proveedores de ...
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paidfor search advertising dominates online marketing according to the ofcom. its report communication nation uk consumers paying less but getting more found the amount spent on promoting goods and services via the internet grew to a2.8 billion last year. the watchdog reveals the amount spent on advertising through the web was greater than the total amount spent on marketing through c4 itv1 s4c a...
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as usual the ofcom report released this week has lots of great data. thanks to dean bubley of disruptive wireless for pointing this to me some interesting insights as per disruptive wireless quite a lot of discussion of the resilience of fixedline comms in the face of the mobile onslaught. rather than direct fixedmobile substitution it appears that the uk sees more mobileinitiated increment...
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online advertising outpaces tv spend ofcom report paidconten tuk online advertising spend has outpaced advertising on mainstream tv in 2007 surging 40 percent to a2.8 billion ofcom reported today in its hefty annual survey of the british communications market. in comparison ad revenue at itv1 channel 4 s4c and five came in at a2.4 billion. tags internet media communication advertising revenue bro...
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ofcom the uks regulator for communications has released its annual communications market report. there is a good summary on their site and an interesting new interactive section where ofcom invites feedback. the report covers some key trends in the communcation market including people using mobile phones in the home faster broadband speeds and bts plans for fibre to the home the increase in popu...
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text messaging usage grows 32 percent in uk uptake of mobile broadband dongles surges moconews.net text messaging remains the most widely used data application in the uk with 2007 revenues nearly three times the figures for data revenue. regulator ofcom revealed in its hefty annual survey of the communications market published today that sms revenue for 2007 was 2.7 billion pounds compared with ...
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nbcu claims 10 million in olympic ad sales but thats for tv and digital combined as nbc universal nyse ge reps declined to provide onlines percentage. lehman brothers analyst doug anmuth forecast that internet ads will attract only 70 million from the summer olympics out of a total 1.5 billion. most of that will go to nbcu. in contrast to the nbcu execs gushing about the strong digital performance...
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stephen tin tin duffy was the original lyricist and singer with duran duran. he left the band the year before they signed with emi. caffeine relaxes the internal anal sphincter muscles. safari now has a develop menu. among other things it also emulates other browsers. ofcom allocates unused telephone numbers for drama purposes. you can spot them because they usually range from 496 0000 to 496 0999...
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bbc fined for fake phonein contests uks office of communications ofcom has fined bbc for misleading its audiences with several instances of faked phonein contests. the fine is worth around 793000. ofcom said in a statement on this development the bbc deceived its audience by faking winners of competitions and deliberately conducting competitions unfairly. the shows which were found to have these d...
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heres what i tagged on del.icio.us between july 30th and july 31st al gore places infant son in rocket to escape dying planet the only sensible option reporters sans frontires beijing games 2008 advice from rsf test silicon swings and silicon roundabouts read and digest before taking any action cory doctorow filesharing deal will drive swapping underground technology guardian.co.uk cory sp...
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heres what i tagged on del.icio.us between july 23rd and july 30th web curbs for olympic journalists what a surprise plenty of blame to go around in yahoo music shutdown ed felten knows who to blame and i agree with him entirely. exploit code targets mac os x itunes java winzip nasty little piece of software called evilgrade that uses a man in the middle attack to exploit automatic update code...
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...ction speed h ttpbroadba nd.mpisws. mpg.detran sparencybt test.php some isps discriminate against p2p transfers especially bit torrent ones. this test checks to see whether your isp does or not www .ofcom.org .uktelecom sioicopbb this is the ofcom code of practise on broadband speeds......
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it looks like well be recording more programmes for fast forwarding ofcom im not sure about the 20 minute rule though programme breaks are often a lot shorter than that. barry cooper hy pnotherapi st associ ate of the inner magic circle......
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david rado emails although the accuracy sections of our complaint were considered under section 2.2 of the broadcasting code that was not the section that we had complained under. we complained primarily under section 5.7 but ofcom decided section 5.7 only related to news programmes. we dont think the code makes it at all clear that it the requirement for accuracy only applies to news progr...
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mr eugenides is an extremely offensive and ranty but also highly entertaining and generally honest blogger. i disagree with him on most things and sometimes feel that his commentary on female labour mps stupidity goes beyond the stick they deserve for their actions into misogynistic territory but overall hes a principled and reasonable rightliber tarian. un fortunatel y hes decided to go on holiday a...
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via william connolley. ofcom the uk media regulator has ruled that the great global warming swindle was unfair to the ipcc david king and carl wunsch and breached a requirement of impartiality about global warming policy. the full report is here. the complaint is a thorough demolition of all the falsehoods in the swindle and you can read it here. also of interest is dave rados story of how he ca...
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ive just heard hamish mykura head of documentaries at channel 4 on the world at one discussing ofcoms findings following complaints about the film the great global warming swindle. he was proclaiming that while ofcom found the programme in breach of the broadcasting code with regards to reflecting a range of views it did not find that it materially misled the audience. as mykura well knows thats ...
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a couple of months ago i was asked to write a document about pr2.0 for a privateindividual looking to invest in an agencyand get a foothold in social media pr. as the investor has now madetheir move one of the backgrounder documents can now go public.incidentally the investor has also putsignificant funds intoagricultural landfarms and farm machinery manufacturers they see climate ...
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bt today announced plans to invest a1.5bn in fibre access networks about a1bn more than previously announced. according to bt fibretothepremises fttp will be focused primarily on new build sites such as ebbsfleet and the olympic village with the remainder being fibretothecabinet fttc. fibretothehome will deliver 100mbps speeds initially. areas with fttc will initially get 40mbps rising later to 60...
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ofcom has today announced proposals to reduce the period before consumer and small business customers have a right to pass complaints to an alternative dispute resolution adr procedure from twelve weeks to eight weeks. communications providers will also have new obligations to inform consumers about their adr rights.......
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photo of kim plowright speaking at open tech 2008 shared by oreilly gmt. i went to open tech 2008 on saturday. open tech describes itself as an informal low cost oneday conference on technology society and lowcarbon living featuring open source ways of working and technologies that anyone can have a go at at which anyone can have a go surely if youre wondering about its heritage before open tech 2...
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considering that season two of torchwood had an accompanying alternate reality game i was excited to see what was apparently a mobile phone number prominently featured in the penultimate episode of dr who. it even completely filled the screen for a few moments. considerin g the amount of screen time given to something that was ostensibly dr whos mobile number it seems more incredible that this w...
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one of the interesting topics to emerge from 2gether08 specifically the sessions on whether uk politics is big enough for the web and egov to wegov was where we stand on campaigning online especially in comparison with the us. this ties in neatly with a speech made by the skills minister david lammy last week the danger in a world where westminster has created its own industry of thinktanks lobbyi...
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