APPENDIX 42
Memorandum submitted by the Satellite
and Cable Broadcasters' Group
In response to the call for written evidence
in respect of the Committee's investigation into the proposed
draft Bill on Communications, and associated issues, please find
enclosed the following documents from the Satellite & Cable
Broadcasters' Group (SCBG):
— Executive Summary of the SCBG response
to the Communications White Paper (please note that the figures
quoted for employment in the sector, number of home receiving
satellite & cable television, expected growth of digital television,
etc, have increased since this document was written—more
accurate figures will be submitted in due course.)
— SCBG comments on the Towers Perrin
Report to the Regulators' Steering Group on the OFCOM Scoping
Project.
Copies of our recently published document New
Horizons—Industry Review have been posted under separate
cover. This Review sets out the role played by the satellite &
cable sector in the development of broadcasting services and summarises
our main policy objectives in relation to the changing regulatory
environment.
We consider all these documents to summarise
our major concerns about the future of the regulatory environment
within the United Kingdom should legislation come into effect
without considerable consultation with all sectors of the communications
industry.
We are, of course, willing to expand on any
or all of these issues raised should that prove to be of benefit
to the Committee. Should you wish to pursue this please do not
hesitate to contact me as detailed below.
14 January 2002
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