If there is one thing I love it is companies that provide you with the means to 'manage your account' online, but do so in a way that is totally selective and in effect doesn't allow you to manage your account. Let's take for instance Virgin Media. Their online account page has one way to manage your VM package: it has a link for Want to upgrade? Oddly, it doesn't have … [Read more...]
Fish Bait and Ladies in Panties
I've not spoken about the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a while, but one adjudication caught my eye this week, that I thought was worth a few words. The ASA made a ruling today against Signature Creative Solutions (SCS) Ltd t/a Bank BUG in relation to a magazine ad for fish bait seen in Carp World magazine on 4 March 2016. According to the ASA the ad "featured the … [Read more...]
Ofcom kills off ATVOD
The UK's Communications regulator, Ofcom, announced today that it is bringing the regulation of Video on demand (VoD) services back in-house. Since 2010, it has acted as a co-regulator of such services, with the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) taking the lead role in regulating editorial content for video-on-demand services, and Ofcom acting as back up and appeals … [Read more...]
Manifesto watch – TMT
Some of you may remember that back in the depths of time the main focus of this blog was IT, IP, Telecoms and Media law, so it seems only right that my final Manifesto watch piece cover what the parties are saying on these issues. Broadcasting /BBC Conservatives: A free media is the bedrock of an open society. We will deliver a comprehensive review of the BBC Royal … [Read more...]
TMT predictions 2015
An email exchange yesterday brought up the fact that back in the olden days – when we were saying web2.0 and all that – I used to offer up predictions for the coming year on all things Media, Tech and Telecoms. Had I given up all that I was asked. Yes, essentially. But, as yesterday evening progressed various notions and ideas popped into my head off the back of this, and so … [Read more...]