In their separate responses to Ofcom’s ruling on the wholesaling of BSkyB’s premium sports channel, there is one point of agreement: the regulator got it wrong.
Virgin launches Sky wholesale appeal
Virgin Media has launched an appeal against Ofcom’s wholesale must offer obligation, arguing that the regulator did not consider all of the appropriate facts.
Darroch: Regulatory intervention will distort market
MIPTV 2010 – CANNES. Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch has described the outcome of Ofcom’s Pay-TV Review as “an unprecedented and unwarranted intervention”.
UK digital take-up above 90%
DTT and satellite were the main winners in 2009 as take up of digital television in UK households reached 91.4%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points on the year.
Five unable to meet Ofcom HD deadline
Ofcom is to return terrestrial capacity to the BBC after it was unable to resolve issues with Five for the launch of an HD service.
Ofcom: filters and flyleads will remove LTE interference
An Ofcom commissioned report into the possibility of interference from LTE handsets to DVB-T receivers has concluded the installation of high quality filters and aerial flyleads can resolve the majority […]
Ofcom to approve DTT content protection method
Ofcom looks ready to give its consent to the use of the now infamous Huffman Tables as part of content protection measures on the new Freeview HD platform. Without it […]
Ofcom brings in VOD regulation
Ofcom has published the framework for the regulation of video on demand services. The move is in line with the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive that requires services including the […]
Ofcom consultants put forward the 3D Difference
A major report commissioned for the regulator Ofcom has recommended the use of the 2D plus Difference method of 3DTV transmission.
Ofcom holds on HD licence change
Days before the launch of high definition services on the terrestrial Freeview platform, Ofcom has written to the BBC over the a variation in the licensing of the HD multiplex […]