UK’s Media Watchdog Redundant in Net TV Age

Lord Currie, the chairman of UK’s media regulator Ofcom has suggested that the watchdog may have to cease regulating programme content as TV starts to be broadcast over the internet. Lord Currie said: “We won’t be able to exercise the same regulatory power. Perhaps we have to think about not so much regulating content but helping people navigate. That allows us to get out of content regulation.”

He used the analogy of “Sky Plus [Satellite TV combined with DVR service] meets Google” as a future vision for TV and the regulator’s role. His suggestion envisages people watching what they want, when they want but with the help of a search engine to help them navigate the plethora of content.

This position is very similar to what Comcast CEO Brian Roberts mentioned in his interview with Seattle Times and WSJ earlier this week…

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