Back in December and February I wrote about Ofcom’s proposal to sell of parts of the analogue radio spectrum. It’s time for an update!
At the end of last month, BEIRG called a brief meeting in London to update on its progress so far. Around eighty people showed up to see where things are standing currently. Unfortunately I wasn’t around on the date, but LSI have a good write up in their current issue.
Speaking at the meeting was Jonathan Sayeed, chairman of Ranelagh International, which has been assisting BEIRG with its parliamentary lobbying.
Sayeed explained that the way to bring pressure to bear is through MPs, and stressed the importance of everyone writing to their MP to ask them to sign the Early Day Motion.
I’ve taken the time this evening to go through the readily available PLASA MP letter template to amend the details pertaining to me (address, etc). I also adjusted the EDM 531 page to show the current count of MPs as it stands, 143. If anyone would like a Mac compatible Pages version of the letter, please leave a comment and I’ll email it to you.
Here’s a few interesting snippets of information for you.
- The British entertainment industry turns over roughly £15 billion each year
- Ofcom are expected to make between £5 - £10 billion pounds when auctioning off the radio spectrum
- Ofcom’s replacement figure for current analogue equipment is rated at £10 million.
- BEIRG’s current estimate for replacing analogue equipment is £50 million
- If 200 plus MPs sign the EDM, the government “gets very worried indeed”
To finish the round up this month, here’s a few useful links should you wish to get involved. There’s also links to the two other posts I wrote.
BEIRG
PLASA MP letter template
EDM 531 Information
