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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Efforts by the Hollywood and Big Music to have their Three Strikes anti-P2P business plan forced into law in Britain before the next elections look doomed to failure, for the moment, at least. Conservative shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt (right) says he doesn’t believe the Digital Economy Bill will [...]
ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tory culture secretary Jeremy Hunt demands massive media reform to "allow media operators more flexibility to own businesses operating on both the same and different platforms" and enact light touch regulation. The price of Rupert Murdoch's support!
Media Week (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
LONDON - Jeremy Hunt, the shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, has suggested the Conservative party might relax the rules on CRR and questioned why commercial public service broadcasters should be forced to sell all their advertising airtime.
Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In a recent speech the Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has spoken out about the party’s plans with regards to universal broadband. For some time now the Conservative Party has been slating the plans by the Labour Government to levy a six pounds a year broadband tax on consumers in order to help fund the [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Viewers are not interested in what our presenters earn, says corporation The BBC will reject calls to publish the individual salaries of top stars, citing private polling that shows licence-fee payers do not regard it as a priority. Managers at the corporation are determined to resist pressure from the Conservatives to reveal details of the amounts paid to big names such as Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
“Without some intervention, the digital divide will widen,” said Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary. Commenting on today’s speech by Jeremy Hunt on media deregulation, Don Foster said: “There’s nothing new in arguing for relaxations in current media ownership regulations – Ofcom has already made sensible recommendations for...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Jeremy Hunt says Conservatives would look to ease TV advertising rules for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five The shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said that the Conservatives would look to relax TV advertising rules, which could mean more commercials in peaktime shows – and up to £40m extra a year for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five. Hunt, speaking at the Manchester Media Festival...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A shadow culture secretary begins to makes his mark THE Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rarely been the frivolous sideshow suggested by its Whitehall nickname, “the ministry of fun”. It was a training ground for some of Labour’s brightest prospects, including James Purnell and Andy Burnham. It has a big role in staging the London Olympics in 2012, perhaps the biggest...
David Peter (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
If anyone was in any doubt about why The Sun has recently trumpeted its support for the Conservative Party, the Conservatives’ Culture spokesman, Jeremy Hunt will be spelling it out today. Hunt is likely to criticise the current law that seeks to prevent the creation of huge media monopolies whereby a single media group is able to own and control newspapers, radio stations and television channels...
UCL Conservative Society (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
All UCL Conservative Society friends and members are invited to the Student Tory Reform Group reception on Wednesday 25th November with Sir John Major, former Prime Minister. For further details see http://www.trg.org.uk/index.php/student_trg I will be selling tickets at the Jeremy Hunt event. For further details email i.martin@ucl.ac.uk Iain Martin (UCL Conservative Treasurer and Student TRG Chair)...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Market can achieve universal broadband without interference, argues Tory shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative shadow culture secretary, has said his party would encourage telecoms companies to take the lead in the rollout of superfast broadcast services to major cities, before moving on to rural areas. The Tories are opposed to the Labour government's plan for a £6...
Memex 1.1 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Nothing dramatic is the answer. Part of the problem is that they don’t understand a lot of the issues. See, for example, this sharp Media Blog account of last night’s Polis Seminar on Digital Britain. Speakers at the event included Culture Secretary-in-waiting Jeremy Hunt. And what did we learn from the man who will [...]
charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Jeremy Hunt MP came hotfoot (and late) out of a Shadow Cabinet meeting to tell a Polis audience how he would be responding to today’s Queen Speech if it included a Digital Communications Bill. His talk was remarkably open and direct for someone who might be merely months away from a seat at the real [...]
IM VIDEO JOURNALISM (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Media expert Peter Bazalgette says the Guardian is in trouble.Jeremy Hunt MP could be the next Secretary of State for Media, Arts and Sports, so it would be wise to listen to him as well as secure an interview. I'm yet to work on the latter, but in between a panel discussion and drinks, that grey zone after a conference I managed to catch him for a few words.Firstly, did he have any strategy for
The Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The shadow secretary for Cultchah, Jeremy Hunt, has denied the accusation by Lord Mandelbrot the Infinitely Recurring that Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives have adoped New Labour policy and struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch. Of course, the very idea is "completely wrong and totally improper". Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives, according to Jeremy Hunt, are going to "allow media operators...
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