04 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The UK government has announced a series of measures designed to boost the uptake...and urge businesses to take up government tax breaks which "could cut more than 50 off a typical 260 broadband connection bill", according to a government statement.
The announcement comes as Alexander ...
the government on what needs to be done to roll out broadband services across the UK.
The government's new ...
08 Oct 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The government is considering a plan to split Consignia, formerly known as the Post Office...figure that could grow as the government prepares to introduce the electronic delivery of state benefits ...
18 Jan 2002
| by Claire Billings,
-watchdog Ofcom in a surprise U-turn on previous government thinking, it was revealed this week....Broadcasting minister Kim Howells signalled in the House of Commons this week that the government ...
intervene if a commercial broadcaster failed in its public service obligations. However, only the government ...
select committee.
Earlier this week, Yeo slammed the government's communications bill for failing ...
29 Aug 2000
The UK government is considering making access to broadband networks available to all citizens...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK government is considering making access to broadband networks available to all citizens by 2005.
Ministers are believed to have asked Oftel, the telecoms industry regulator, to look at what steps would have to be taken to enable such a commitment.
Services available ...
26 Jul 2001
| by Louise Banbury
LONDON - The Tories have called for an investigation into the amount the government spent...The government's annual advertising spend leapt by 70% to 192.4m before June's general election ...
197.9m.
In the first quarter of 2001, the government spent 69.3m on advertising, making ...
.
In the year running up to the previous election in 1997, the Conservative government spent 69.3m. Under ...
17 Apr 2001
| by Anna Clarke
The government has topped ad spending by consumer giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble to become...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The government has topped ad spending by consumer giants Unilever ...
service ACNielsen MMS.
The government’s main advertising activities in February were its campaign ...
people to plan pensions.
During the 12 months of 2000, the government ranked fourth by size of adspend ...
12 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
The UK government is due to outline plans for a new media watchdog, dubbed Ofcom, in its...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK government is due to outline plans for a new media watchdog, dubbed Ofcom, in its communications white paper today.
Ofcom is designed to bring to an end the “alphabet soup” of media regulators and will cover radio, television, advertising, telecoms, the press ...
19 Oct 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The government has rejected calls by the Independent Television Commission chairman Sir...A department of culture, media and sport spokesman said, "The government understands ...
. It is neither practical nor desirable to deal with this issue in a piecemeal fashion."
The government ...
December. The industry was disappointed when the communications bill was left out of the government's plans ...
21 Mar 2001
Govtalk.gov.uk, an official website linked to the government’s cabinet office, was attacked...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Govtalk.gov.uk, an official website linked to the government’s cabinet ...
of the cabinet office’s e-Government Interoperability Framework to provide easy online access to government ...
that the government’s websites, confirmed that the problem was caused by hackers and was unable to say when the site ...
06 Jul 2001
| by Claire Billings
LONDON - The government has delayed its decision on whether to approve the BBC's 300m plans...is served well by the commercial sector.
On Wednesday, the BBC called for the government to speed up ...
been paid by the licence fee.
Howells said yesterday that the government's plans to switch off ...