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Rural broadband draft manifesto

7th September 2015 by William Perrin

Rural superfast broadband is in a mess as the government struggles to work out how to reach the last 10% of the population having spent hundreds of millions of pounds connecting people who were relatively easy to connect.  The CMS Select Committee … [Read more...] about Rural broadband draft manifesto

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: #manifesto, #ruralbroadband, broadband, policy, Regulation

Finally BBC to share public service content with #hyperlocals for free?

7th September 2015 by William Perrin

Way back in 2010 I first called for the BBC to give away its local public service content when Jeremy Hunt crow-barred local TV out of the BBC budget.: 'make content produced with your money freely reusable by all comers – including local papers … [Read more...] about Finally BBC to share public service content with #hyperlocals for free?

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: #charterreview, #openbbc, BBC, hyperlocal, policy, Regulation

Six questions for #hyperlocal media policy from Carnegie UK Trust

29th April 2014 by William Perrin

We been working with five great but very different community news projects for Carnegie UK Trust - in Brixton London, Alston in Cumbria, Harlow in Essex, Port Talbot in Wales and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.  Carnegie is exploring how to bolster … [Read more...] about Six questions for #hyperlocal media policy from Carnegie UK Trust

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: cukt, interim report, neighbourhood news, plurality, policy

Getting your voice heard in the High Street issue

21st November 2012 by Sarah Hartley

The world of the public sector partnerships is a acronym heavy one it seems - with it's BIDs , LEPs, ATCM, GLC....I could continue, but I predict you'll soon be glazing over. It was this language issue which really struck me during this week's the … [Read more...] about Getting your voice heard in the High Street issue

Filed Under: Blog, Campaigning, hyperlocal Tagged With: campaign, highstreets, hyperlocal, local issues, policy, towns, voices

Open data – forward strategy

23rd February 2012 by William Perrin

A few people from central government have asked to talk to me recently about open data as they look at their strategy beyond  legislation. I thought I would write down repeated themes to save on more meetings.  The conversation is normally about how … [Read more...] about Open data – forward strategy

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: #opendata, cabinet office, policy

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