Interesting Stuff 2008-07-18
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Trust has published Pricewaterhouse Coopers' research "into the economic impact of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's publicly funded services on the UK broadcasting and creative sector" [pdf] - sections 5.5 and 13 are the ones to head for first from a bbc.co.uk angle, but you should of course read all 196 pages.
Tom Loosemore, formerly of this parish, on the Ofcom PSB Blog:
So, we have an estimate of the market upside resulting from a licence-fee funded Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú, but no numbers for the downside.
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In an Organgrinder post called , John Plunkett looks at hyperlocalness, asking and answering the question:
How often does my Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú regional news service mention Hazlemere shopping centre or those nightmare traffic lights near High Wycombe? Never.
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Lots of activity with mobiles: write up the given by the Beeb's Jason DaPonte at the [] and (tagline: "Subverting telecomms from the edge of industry") writes about where he talked to Charlotte and Anthony from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Switch about ", , , , , , , , , , , , , , plus lots of other stuff" and looked at new initiatives like :
I was amazed at the innovation taking place at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú especially from the Switch team in the Youth arena.
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The Beeb's Andrew Bowden the bewildering array of food websites with some connection to the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú, including bbc.co.uk/food, , , and - it's as if all the intricate relationships between the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Worldwide, UKTV, the Open University, etc, have been depicted, in microcosm, in a diagram made of sausages.
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And there's a Freedom Of Information request [btw, did you know about the Beeb's FoI blog? - Ed] with an unwieldy name that's very much on Internet Blog's beat, , that's currently awaiting clarification:
I note that the process you describe leads one to suspect that the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Trust will find it hard to be perceived as an effective, independent regulator if all FOI correspondance it receives is automatically handled by and thus shared with Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Management - the very people is it supposed to regulate.
Alan Connor is co-editor, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Internet Blog.
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