March 2024 Update
Hello and welcome to another update on the work of Better Media. Rowan Gavin here, Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator.
Submission to the Ofcom Consultation on its 2024/25 Plan of Work
Over the past few weeks, we at Better Media have been working on putting together a submission to the Ofcom consultation on its proposed Plan of Work for the financial year 2024/25. Our submission focused on much-needed reforms to radio spectrum allocation, a need for more detail on the planned Local Media Review, and some areas…
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Submission to the DCMS Consultation on Analogue Community Radio Licensing
Over the past few weeks, we at Better Media have been working on putting together a submission to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) consultation on future licensing arrangements for analogue (AM & FM) community radio. In our view the DCMS proposals are based on flawed evidence and assumptions, and as such we advocate…
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December 2023 & January 2024 Update
Hello! This is the first update from Better Media in 2024 – happy new year.
October & November 2023 Update
Hello and welcome to a slightly delayed update from Better Media. Rowan Gavin here, Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator. Between illness and travel I didn’t work very many hours for Better Media in October, so rather than produce a very short update last month we decided to roll two months together.
September 2023 Update
Hello and welcome to the Better Media monthly update, which this time round has a focus on the recent developments with the Media Bill.
August 2023 Update
Hello! Summer is drawing to a close, and to mark the occasion I have another Better Media monthly update to relay.
July 2023 Update
Hello there! It’s time for another update on our work here at Better Media, plus some news on the status of our paid worker.
June 2023 Update
Hello there! Welcome to a particularly summery Better Media monthly update (here in the Northern hemisphere at least!) I’m Rowan, the Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator, looking wistfully out of my window at the sunshine as I write about what we’ve been up to here this month.
Submission to the Ofcom BBC Performance Measurement Framework Consultation
Over the past few weeks, we at Better Media have been working on putting together a submission to the Ofcom consultation on proposed changes to the performance measurement framework (PMF) it uses to assess the BBC’s performance. The proposed new PMF updates the existing framework from 2017, but in our view it is lacking in several respects.