Broadcasting: Wireless Spectrum

House of Lords written question – answered at on 21 November 2011.

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Photo of Lord Hall of Birkenhead Lord Hall of Birkenhead Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the film, broadcasting, and entertainment industries will have sufficient access to wireless spectrum for radio microphone and radio camera use in the next five years.

Photo of Baroness Rawlings Baroness Rawlings Lords Spokesperson (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The matter raised is an operational one for the independent regulator, Ofcom, rather than Ministers. Accordingly, officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have spoken to Ofcom, which advises:

"We set out our decisions on future spectrum access for programme-making and special events (including wireless microphones and cameras) in a statement on 31 August 2010, available on our website at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/ bandmanager09/statement/statement310810.pdf".

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