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Broadband Boom Saves BT From Break-up
News UK telecoms regulator Oftel published its response to the Culture Media and Sport Committee report on communications on Wednesday, and ruled out breaking up BT. On 1 May the Culture Media and Sport Committee has recommended that Oftel, or its...
[July 17, 2002, 10:45]
Super-regulator Ofcom Merges Tasks
News To cope with accelerating convergence between different broadcasting media and telecommunications technology, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport announced the creation of Ofcom Tuesday, a new body that will combine the work of media, radio...
[December 13, 2000, 15:51]
Government 'must Make Leap To Broadband'
News Giving evidence to the select committee of culture, media and sport on Tuesday, Telewest chief executive Adam Singer explained that many existing government services could be made appealing to users of high-speed Internet products.
[March 1, 2002, 6:31]
Government Ignores Royalty Rights For Online Artists
News The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and actors' union Equity have however both confirmed that the issue of paying artists royalty fees for the use of their work will not be discussed. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has...
[January 19, 2001, 11:23]
Atos Origin Wins £14m Government Contract
News The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced a £14m contract with Atos Origin for IT services. It signifies a seven-year continuation of the relationship in which the company has designed, implemented and managed the IT infrastructure...
[December 21, 2007, 8:51]
MPs Push For Regulatory Action Against BT
News The select committee of culture, media and sport has urged Oftel, and its forthcoming replacement OFCOM, to consider separating BT's network business from the rest of the company. The network is BT's physical infrastructure -- including local...
[May 1, 2002, 13:23]
Delivering Better Public Services
White Papers Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has developed clear objectives with stretching but realistic targets that will be used to measure its success in attaining its own aims and in developing the Government's wider social, educational and...
[May 2, 2005, 0:00]
WSP Outsources UK Government Account To PBMS
White Papers The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is part of United Kingdom central government and incorporates four high-profile government ministers: The Secretary of State, The Minister of Sport, The Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting...
[June 10, 2005, 0:00]
Analysis: Ofcom To Give BBC Remit For Universal Net Access?
News I can't say what David Edmond's role will be within it," says a spokeswoman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the brains behind Ofcom. In the sixties and seventies -- when TV was the main kind of mass media for most people...
[December 13, 2000, 16:20]
MPs Flirt With BT Break-up
News The select committee of Culture, Media and Sport, which produced a report into the Communications Bill last month, recommended that OFCOM should consider taking regulatory action against BT. The company said pretty much the same thing to the...
[June 11, 2002, 12:09]
Unrest At BBC Shows Need For Better Outsourcing Management
News The UK government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which needs to approve the deal, announced it would begin its scrutiny in early September. It will use the acquisition as the basis for building a competency in broadcast and media...
[August 23, 2004, 12:10]
BBC Internet Services Labelled Anti-competitive
News BIPA gave evidence yesterday at the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, which is conducting an enquiry into the future funding of the UK's favourite auntie. The BBC's Internet business was labelled "anti-competitive" by media association...
[November 24, 1999, 14:22]
Government Websites Under Fire
News The sites of the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Department of Culture Media and Sport and Commission for Racial Equality were identified as the best of a bad bunch. In the week the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Patricia Hewitt...
[November 22, 2002, 15:13]
European Software Patents Inch Closer
News Critics argued that the Juri vote tossed out the suggested amendments from the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Cult) and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (Itre) that would have placed...
[June 18, 2003, 14:04]
Queen's Speech To Exclude Arts Web Site Scheme
News A £150m scheme to put the cream of Britain's arts online is unlikely to be included within the Queen's speech on Wednesday, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) admitted today. It promised to put the best of British comedy, drama...
[June 19, 2001, 15:29]
Culture Secretary Unveils 'Channel 4 Of The Net'
News The site will be aimed primarily at children and will feature examples of the "UK's national museum and gallery collections, films, music and stage performances," according to a statement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
[September 28, 2000, 16:12]
UK Government Minister Joins Pirate Raids
News It doesn't just affect large corporations, but also the small film, music and computer game companies that are integral to the future of the creative industries in this country," said Howells, who has responsibility for films and music within the...
[December 4, 2002, 16:42]
Government's Digital Plans Come Under Fire
News Research shows that 50 percent of British homes will have a digital TV by the end of 2002," said a spokesman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Since culture minister Chris Smith made the analogue switch-off announcement in September...
[April 12, 2001, 15:21]
Rural Areas Face 20-year Wait For Broadband
News BT's chairman told the parliamentary select committee for Culture, Media and Sport on Tuesday that rural areas could be forced to wait between 10 and 20 years before they are offered high-speed Internet services, unless the UK government makes a...
[February 5, 2002, 15:02]
Government Attacked Over Broadband Commitments
News MPs sitting on the Department of Media, Culture and Sport select committee have accused the government of failing to take account of citizens' needs, and have challenged e-Minister Patricia Hewitt's assertion that the UK is leading broadband roll...
[March 16, 2001, 12:13]
