January 7th, 2010 | Category: Consultations, Infrastructure | 6 Comments »
Rural communities and hard to reach areas who do not have access to next generation broadband will benefit from a share of £1 billion of Government investment said Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson today.
The investment will upgrade the UK’s digital infrastructure to bring super-fast broadband to 90% of the country, essential if the UK is to [...]
August 28th, 2009 | Category: Consultations | 4 Comments »
There is a consultation ongoing which sets out the government’s plans for tackling unlawful filesharing. The most recent statement updates this with further proposals and extends the deadline until 29 September.
August 27th, 2009 | Category: Consultations, Digital content | 45 Comments »
With typical Whitehall understatement, I think we can say there has been a lively reaction to the announcement on Tuesday about further proposals to tackle unlawful peer-to-peer filesharing. We thought it was worth countering a few of the more strident accusations against the Government over the past couple of days, and have picked out some [...]
August 25th, 2009 | Category: Consultations, Digital content | 26 Comments »
As you have no doubt seen by now, ministers are announcing today an update of their thinking on the issue of peer to peer filesharing.
In essence this is a strengthening of the same procedures for letter-writing and warning of those who seem to be illicitly sharing files, but with the tougher ultimate penalty of suspension of [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Category: Consultations, Digital Britain Report | 5 Comments »
Following publication of the Digital Britain White Paper on 16 June, we are today publishing an update note on implementation, with a number of accompanying documents. The documents can be found at
http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/6243.aspx. This includes a consultation paper today on proposals for a contained contestable element of the TV Licence Fee to support sustainable, independent and [...]