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Telegraph: Live acts 'threatened by Ofcom proposals'Ofcoms 'Digital Dividend' proposals, which could threaten the frequencies used by Radio Microphones, has generated both comment in the Telegraph newspaper and a parlimentary early day motion. Press article Parliamentary Early Day Motion
From the Telegraph Letters Page Colours of money Sir - Theatres and concerts are not the only events threatened by Ofcom's proposals to auction frequencies currently used for radio microphones (Business, January 1). Their use in broadcasting is now so widespread that a wholesale reversion to cabled microphones (advocated by Ofcom for current users who can't afford auction prices) is unthinkable, and in many cases impossible. The comprehensive coverage of major sporting events that is The radio spectrum is a free natural resource. It is disingenuous of Ofcom to claim that it rents spectrum at a loss when it costs nothing. What Ofcom means is that to satisfy its remit from this greedy Government, it needs to make more money than can be wrung out of the current users. Unless an adequate range of frequencies is secured for the John L. Andrews,
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