The Digital TV Group (DTG) were concerned that they have little visibility of the issues surrounding spectrum use and regulation at UHF and elsewhere. A bespoke brainstorming / workshop session was developed and delivered to meet their requirements.
The study was intended to help inform policy decisions on the possible ways forward for licensing analogue radio broadcasting spectrum and the likely value of the spectrum. The approach was constrained to a competitive award using a beauty contest by the existing regulations. However benchmarking was undertaken to identify how other countries had awarded radio broadcasting spectrum and[…]
Plum, with TNS, assessed the economic potential for cross-border pay-to-view and/or listen audiovisual media services in the European Union. The study involved a review of the supply of audiovisual services over terrestrial, cable, satellite, IPTV and over-the-top platforms both nationally and across the EU, and consumer surveys on interest and willingness to pay for such[…]
The study examined the potential for a 10 MHz FDD LTE network roll-out in major population centres in South Africa in the Region 1 digital dividend band (i.e. 790 – 862 MHz). It reviewed analogue TV use in South Africa, established representative modelling parameters, developed appropriate sharing criteria and interference analysis methods and examined the[…]
This study involved DAB propagation measurements to inform DAB coverage planning and related to plans for the expansion of the UK DAB network in the context of the possible switch-off of some or all FM radio services. The work consisted of a review of DAB planning criteria and as part of this work a drive[…]
The study was intended to inform the requirements of a new DAB network in Hong Kong following a trial at a few sites. Our main role in this project was to comment on the potential to re-use trial equipment in the commercial network based on the planned network design and trial equipment details and also development[…]
Plum developed an explanatory note on the cost of capital and its application to broadcast network access. The note also addresses the argument that the WACC should be reviewed due to changed circumstances (in particular, the financial crisis’s impact on interest rates).
The interference analysis between base stations (BSs) of ECN (electronic communication networks) was undertaken based on the assessment of a single interference path into the victim cable TV network elements. In the analysis, the distance between the interfering BS and the victim was increased in regular steps. At each distance, the implications of mean path loss[…]
The purpose of the study was to develop a briefing note that covered the issues concerning the amount of radio spectrum required by terrestrial television services once they have migrated from analogue to digital transmission. The note explores the different digital TV technologies used around the world (PAL, ISDB, ATSC). It also considers the other technical issues,[…]
This study, for Ofcom, assessed the future of advertising technology over the next 10 years. The advertising market is undergoing rapid technology-driven change, impacting on the communications sectors that Ofcom regulates. This change has been led by digitisation of content and innovation in advertising technologies and applications on the internet (behavioural targeting, personalisation, new ad[…]