(5.1) Quando a crise pode ser uma oportunidade

«The UK radio industry needs widespread regulatory reform and should prepare to switch fully from analogue to digital signals, the chief executive of regulator Ofcom, Ed Richards, said on Tuesday "Fundamental reform is needed. The status quo is dead," the head of the media watchdog told delegates at a radio industry conference in Cambridge. Richards said listeners had never had more choice with at least 25 radio services broadcast via television, more than 90 stations via satellite and the majority of the country's cities having at least 35 digital stations. However, multi-channel television, mobile phones and gaming, and broadband entertainment via services such as YouTube and MySpace meant commercial radio was facing possibly its biggest ever economic challenge. UK commercial radio revenues fell by 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006 from the previous year. (...)»

fonte: «UK radio watchdog calls for regulation revamp», Reuters, Jul 10, 2007