[cma-l] Confession, regulation and expection

Mon Sep 14 15:25:50 BST 2015

Looking at Local Television and London Live in particular, just a few months
into
their operation (reputedly at an annual budget of £35m!!), London Live asked
Ofcom for permission to reduce its local content. Flabbergasted doesn't begin
to cover my reaction.
I was part of the bidding process for the London licence with Made Television 
and obviously the process was extensive. How come the winner of the bid failed 
within a few months to deliver what it said it would and still holds the
licence?
Some regulator.

Chris Haydon
Director
Community TV Trust 
www.communitytvtrust.org

> On 14 September 2015 at 13:58 Shankar Meembat <shankar.meembat at exaget.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am an outsider to this process with no experience in this area, so pardon
> the naivety.
> 
> "If Ofcom accepts that you have shown without reasonable doubt that you can
> provide an efficient transmission system and you have the funds to achieve
> that’  - seems to indicate that the application process requires that the
> costing is already estimated prior to submitting the application and submitted
> as part of the process ? 
> 
> What then causes the variation ? Ofcom awarding different transmission (AM
> instead of FM applied for) or changing some other conditions during the
> licence award ?
> 
> Shankar
> 
> 
> 
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> > On 14 Sep 2015, at 13:43, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > This is the crux
> > Ofcom awards a Licence based on what you say you can do in your Application.
> > If Ofcom accepts that you have shown without reasonable doubt that you can
> > provide an efficient transmission system and you have the funds to achieve
> > that and you fail - then it's your responsibility.
> > But - and it is a real but - how much contribution does Ofcom make towards
> > your awareness of the hard facts?
> > If it doesn't do that effectively and you fail - whose responsibility is
> > that?
> > 
> > Ian Hickling
> > Partner
> > 
> >  <http://www.transplanuk.com/>
> > Office: 01635 578435  (7am-11pm UK time)
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> > 
> > From: richodr at blueyonder.co.uk <mailto:richodr at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
> > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:46:33 +0100
> > CC: stevejones42 at talktalk.net <mailto:stevejones42 at talktalk.net>
> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Confession
> > 
> > Hi Ian
> >  
> > I think this is the first post to CMA Forum.
> >  
> > YMCA Radio Barnsley was successful in July 2014 in gaining an AM licence.
> >  
> > In July 2015 we had to hand back the licence. 
> > 
> > The cost for getting on air £100k! (mast/equipment/field rent/porta
> > cabin/fencing/security/studio link/insurance/yearly mast inspection and
> > power supply to a field). Never mind 5 years on costs!
> >  
> > The lottery after checking our application for funds said that looking at
> > other bids of a similar nature; we would not meet our outcomes!
> >  
> > So we had to hand it back. We tried but it was unrealistic.
> >  
> > Now then, “how’s small scale doing”   ?
> >  
> > Dave Richardson
> > YMCA Radio Barnsley.
> >  
> > From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> > <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
> > [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> > <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk>] On Behalf Of Ian Hickling
> > Sent: 14 September 2015 11:47
> > To: cma-l
> > Subject: [cma-l] Confession
> >  
> > I've just had to do something I really hate - admit failure.
> > This morning I've written to a sincere hard-working young man in Bradford to
> > tell him that we can't offer him a feasible AM transmission system so he can
> > comply with his hard-won Community Radio Licence.
> > Not just us - but it's a joint decision including advice from another Ofcom
> > transmission provision company and also from our AM specialist friends at
> > the BBC.
> > I've copied in several relevant people at Ofcom too so that are aware of the
> > real difficulties that trying to put in an AM system where they say there is
> > no FM can bring.
> > Two weeks ago I sent them what I believe is a fair and honest price
> > comparison produced in good faith for a potential CR Applicant on the
> > outskirts of London that showed AM costing over five times that of an
> > equivalent-performance FM system.
> > This isn't some form of organised aggressive anti-AM campaign - I'm just
> > trying to get the fairest deal for our Clients and for Community Radio as a
> > whole.
> > Ian Hickling
> > Partner
> > 
> >  <http://www.transplanuk.com/>
> > Office: 01635 578435  (7am-11pm UK time)
> > Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)
> > 6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS
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