Ofcom's Communications Market 2007, Nations and Regions
From the foreword by Ed Richards, Chief Executive:
“This is Ofcom’s second annual review of telecoms, television and radio markets across the nations and regions of the UK. In it we aim to present the most comprehensive picture possible of trends in these markets, in order to establish the context for policy decisions by Ofcom and other types of decisions by other public and private sector organisations…. This year’s report shows that the gap between ‘leaders’ and ‘laggards’ on key indicators has narrowed over the period, with availability and take-up in rural areas closing on urban conurbations… Two enhancements have also been introduced this year. The first involves research on issues specific to individual nations that were identified or highlighted as requiring further investigation in the 2006 report… The second innovation is that the report provides an industry overview for each nation – highlighting, for example, the scale of investment made by the BBC and ITV1 in nations and regions television output and their hours of broadcast output…”