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Tory Rage Over Ofcom Stitch-up
News The Conservative party has condemned rumours that former culture secretary Chris Smith is set to become the first chairman of the new communications regulator Ofcom. Two months ago Chris Smith thought he should still be secretary of state.
[August 21, 2001, 9:26]
Government's Digital Plans Come Under Fire
News The channels haven't been strong enough, and the public information campaign promised by Chris Smith hasn't happened. Since culture minister Chris Smith made the analogue switch-off announcement in September 1999, six million TV sets have been sold...
[April 12, 2001, 15:21]
Culture Secretary Unveils 'Channel 4 Of The Net'
News Labour's Chris Smith announced a new government Web site, Culture Online, at the party conference in Brighton Thursday. Culture secretary Smith described the site as being akin to "the Channel 4 of the Internet", according to reports.
[September 28, 2000, 16:12]
Government Report Highlights Threat To Music Industry
News Culture Secretary Chris Smith called on the music industry to act now to counter the challenges posed by digital piracy and foreign competition. Smith's doomsday scenario of the destruction of the music industry was backed up with stark statistics.
[April 5, 2000, 16:45]
Analogue TV Broadcasts To Be Switched Off
News Culture Secretary Chris Smith will tell delegates at the Royal Television Society Convention Friday that the analogue turn-off will happen as soon as 2006. Mr Smith will reassure broadcasters that no switch-off will occur until 95 percent of homes...
[September 17, 1999, 10:54]
Analogue Switch-off As Early As 2006
News The analogue switch-off could happen as early as 2006, Culture Secretary Chris Smith said Friday. Setting out his vision for the future of digital television, Mr Smith told a conference of broadcasters in Cambridge the switch-off could happen...
[September 17, 1999, 17:03]
Queen's Speech To Exclude Arts Web Site Scheme
News The Culture Online venture proposed by former culture secretary Chris Smith, was contained within the Culture and Recreation Bill that had reached its second reading in the House of Lords. The Internet venture unveiled by Smith at the Labour party...
[June 19, 2001, 15:29]
Super-regulator Ofcom Merges Tasks
News According to culture secretary Chris Smith the unified super regulator will streamline the processes expected when Internet meets broadcast media. We want to preserve the best of the past and to prepare the UK for the future," said Smith.
[December 13, 2000, 15:51]
News Burst: Government To Raise TV Rates
News Turning his back on the recommendations of the Davies panel, culture secretary Chris Smith has decided to impose a three pence per week increase for both analogue and digital TV licenses. The rise -- 1.5 percent above inflation -- is necessary to...
[February 22, 2000, 10:45]
BT In University Partnership To Stimulate Research
News The partnership -- announced at Adastral Park, the new technology park based at BT's famous Martlesham Heath research facility in Ipswich -- was opened by BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield and provost of UCL Professor Chris Llewellyn-Smith.
[March 26, 2001, 11:17]
Broadcasters Question BBC's Role In Digital Age
News Turning his back on the recommendations of the Davies panel, Culture Secretary Chris Smith has decided to impose a 3p per week increase for both analogue and digital TV owners. The increase -- 1.5 percent above inflation -- is necessary to keep the...
[February 22, 2000, 11:48]
Government Not Doing Enough To Wire Schools
News In a separate speech at the Labour Party Conference, Culture secretary Chris Smith announced a plan Friday to give away free tickets to arts and sports events via the Internet. The government is not doing enough to get UK schools online, claims...
[October 1, 1999, 16:58]
Virus Writing: End Of An Era?
News Smith's conviction in the Melissa virus case -- the first successful prosecution of a virus writer in the United States -- will have a strong chilling effect on other authors of malicious code. Smith, 31, pleaded guilty in both state and federal...
[December 10, 1999, 9:27]
Microsoft Confirms April Fool's Bug
News It's unusual, because it's so pervasive," said Richard Smith, president of Phar Lap Software, who discovered the bug and published it in an industry list called NT Bug Track last week. Smith traced the bug to a library file that checks when to...
[January 13, 1999, 11:05]
US Report: Mixed Verdict On Netscape's Media Moves
News The fact is, a lot of people have a soft spot for Netscape anyway," added analyst Stefan Smith, a Dataquest analyst. The two images [of a media company and a technology company] are compatible in this world today," said analyst Smith.
[July 10, 1998, 10:28]
Cisco CallManager Architecture
White Papers Authors: Anne Smith, John Alexander, Chris Pearce, and This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Cisco CallManager Fundamentals: A Cisco AVVID Solution, examines the architecture of Cisco CallManager—the call routing and signaling component for...
[May 25, 2006, 0:00]
First Commercial Digital Radio Network Goes Live
News The Culture Secretary Chris Smith welcomed Digital One's expansion of the country's digital radio service at today's Digital Television Group's Conference. Smith praised the efforts made so far to provide consumers with information on digital...
[November 15, 1999, 14:45]
Government Warns Music Industry To Adapt To Net
News In his report on the new digital music economy, Culture Secretary Chris Smith warns that pirate MP3 Web sites and foreign competition are in danger of draining investment from the UK industry. The government is forecasting the downfall of the UK...
[April 5, 2000, 9:13]
Super-regulator To Shake Up Media
News Culture secretary Chris Smith announced in the House of Commons Tuesday that the Office of Communications will take a "world lead" by enabling the British media industry to "act with responsible freedom, upholding important standards for citizens".
[December 12, 2000, 16:11]
Government Launches Investigation Into BBC
News Culture secretary Chris Smith announced that the enquiry would investigate whether the BBC has been using licence-fee money to subsidise its commercial services. The government is considering launching an investigation into the commercial...
[February 12, 2001, 8:41]
