Giving Ofcom powers to appoint and fund Independently Funded News Consortia Ofcom: duty to carry out assessment of UK's communications infrastructure every two years Spectrum modernisation of mobile and wireless broadband Digital radio - moves for
digital switchover for radio possible by 2015 Channel 4 to encompass public service content on all media platforms - online as well as television Video games: making age ratings compulsory for all games designed for those aged 12 or above
In as much as the education on the migration is still on - going, time is very limited because
after digital switchover, analogue transmitters will be switched off and analogue sets would be unable to receive television programmes without a set top box.
The government has «massively overestimated» the number of people needing help
with digital switchover, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Meanwhile, Amazon by post services remains unchanged though it remains to be seen how long before users will be asked to make
the digital switchover.
Jeff Bezos says we worry too much about change - Kindle owners read more books and recent figures appeared to show that physical book sales were not being harmed by
the digital switchover.
Simon Birch, who is investigating the environmental impact of
the digital switchover for Ethical Consumer magazine, blames Digital UK for the crush of discarded TVs, saying it isn't doing a good enough job telling consumers that they don't have to toss their televisions.