Two reports on the video games industry in Scotland.
“The Scottish Affairs Committee published its report: The Video Games Industry in Scotland, in which it urged the Government to make the future of the sector a priority in the face of emerging barriers for growth.”
(Published January 2011.)
(Published April 2011)
This report by Francesco Caio, subtitled “Review of Barriers to Investment in Next Generation Access”, was published today by BERR. It focuses on the development of Next Generation Access (NGA) in the UK.
“The development of NGA is not just an upgrade of a digital infrastructure that makes a user’s web browsing speedier, although this on its own will be welcome to many. NGA arrives at a time when basic popular services, such as voice telephony, radio and television broadcasting are extending their reach from existing fixed and wireless networks to the Internet. At the same time, the continued development of new digital devices is making it possible for consumers to use a growing range of web based services without any interaction with a PC.”
The UK Government’s BERR Department issued this consultation recently which intends to gather views on a regulatory approach to address the problem of illicit use of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology.
“The Government continues to consider that an industry solution in this area, as envisaged by Andrew Gowers, would be best, provided it is not anti-competitive, is effective and is fair to all parties, particularly citizens.”
