From the end of February 2011 product placement will be making its way onto UK TV screens, as confirmed by Ofcom today. While nobody is looking forward to having their TV screens plagued by American style awkward and obvious product placement, there are some restrictions that lighten the load a little.
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Ofcom has announced big plans for the UK’s broadband today, on the basis that we’re a long way off having really great broadband in the UK. There’s two key pillars to what it is trying to do. Firstly, Ofcom wants to open up BT fibre lines so that other companies like Sky and TalkTalk can provide the service to their customers. Secondly, Ofcom wants BT to give these other companies physical access to all its tunnels and telegraph. The idea is to hot up the competition and even out the odds, so that companies can offer better services through the opening up of the basic stuff that powers our broadband.
For more information, click through to the full Ofcom statement here.
A Sky discount could be on the cards following a ruling from the media regulator Ofcom that Sky’s parent company BSkyB must reduce the price it charges rivals for Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2. That could mean firms such as Virgin Media and BT will be able to discount Sky Sports in their packages or even offer them free as part of TV and broadband bundles.
Freeview HD will not include Channel Five (aka Five) until at least 2012. Ofcom has announced that the channel will be excluded from Freeview HD after it failed to offer up a launch date or schedule of HD shows.
Ofcom temporarily blocked BBC plans to add DRM to Freeview HD broadcasts back in November but now it seems it might have changed its mind. Will BBC Freeview HD be drenched in DRM?
Ofcom has told the BBC that it will not yet allow the broadcaster to add DRM to its HD TV broadcasts. The decision comes after a two-week consultation period by the regulator which found, surprise, surprise, that the public just don’t like DRM. But is the BBC’s dream of DRM drenched HD TV broadcasts dead? Read on to find out.