Adrian Kamellard is to be the Chief Executive of Broadband Delivery UK.

Broadband speeds at public libraries are set for a major boost thanks to a new agreement between the Museum Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the bodies who fund and run the Janet education and research network.
Janet (which stands for Joint Academic NETwork) links education and research establishments and can provide 1Gb connections to buildings [...]

Hollywood movie studios are, for the first time, pressing Congress to pursue a ‘three strikes’ policy against internet pirates which could ultimately lead to disconnection for persistent offenders.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which is currently drafting proposals for Congress on how American broadband policy should [...]

Business ISPs who rely on selling internet access alone are not in a good position to tap in to future growth, warns Andrew Saunders, Head of Product Management and Marketing at Zen Internet.
While many have realised that growth is more likely to be enjoyed in selling services down the lines they provide rather than relying [...]

The Government’s outlined new proposals that include cutting the Internet connections of persistent file-sharers of movies and music, bulldozing through the framework it had laid down in its own Digital Britain report. As recently as June, disconnecting people had been seen as going too far and was ruled out. Now, with the apparent personal involvement [...]

The lack of legal transparency when it comes to the wireless sharing of Internet access is restricting digital inclusion, according to the author of a new report. Mac Síthigh, who’s just published his academic study “Law in the Last Mile: Sharing Internet Access Through Wi-Fi,” says that’s playing into the hands of business – the ISPs – rather than the citizens of the future Digital Britain.

BT has started offering its customers a Broadband Accelerator for free – as long as they’re willing to pay the postage costs. The firm says the device, also known as the I-Plate, could increase the connection speeds of millions of UK homes by up to 1.5Mbit/s.

The UK’s biggest ISP has announced it has signed up to BT Broadband’s fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) testing plans – along with some developments closer to home.

Microsoft has admitted it’s going to be playing catch-up in the British video-on-demand (VOD) marketplace. The Redmond corporation has announced its new service will feature content originally broadcast on BBC and ITV – just as Channel Five made it’s own announcement that it’s becoming the first new partner of Project Canvas, the upcoming IPTV system being developed by the very same terrestrial channels.

Lord Carter says around ninety per cent of the journalists writing about Digital Britain just aren’t on the same page as him – in fact, he thinks they haven’t read his report at all.

As everyone knows, this week has been dominated by the final Digital Britain report. Unsurprisingly, Media Guardian has dedicated the lion’s share of this week’s podcast to the Government’s proposals, rightly seeing the 50 pence levy on landlines as unfair. We’ve weighed in with some in-depth analysis about NGA as well as the universal service [...]

It may sound like a leaf out of the Book of Obama, but Gordon Brown says broadband is as important to Britain’s future as railways have been to its past. The Prime Minister’s been setting out his stall ahead of the final Digital Britain report being published.

Today’s the day (rumours abound that there may be a slight delay while a BBC Worldwide/Channel 4 Deal is finalised) that Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report comes out. Hurrah, about bloody time too, etc etc. We’ve been speculating about what’s going to be in there and, while not quite going so far as printing Digital [...]

If you live in a notspot and were hoping that mobile broadband could be the answer to your prayers, then think again. According to an Epitiro study, the average download speed is closer to 1Mbits/sec, not the supersonic speeds advertised by some of the companies — 7.2 Mbits/sec, anyone?

BT Broadband has told Ministers it can put high-speed broadband within reach of ninety-three per cent of the UK population just by making inexpensive modifications to its current network. The firm’s currently in talks with Lord Carter ahead of the final Digital Britain report being published later this month.

Another Friday, another round-up — so, let’s see what you might have missed on the intartubez this week.
Biggest happening this week was E3, aka Valhalla for Gamers, in L.A. Microsoft launched its Project Natal, a controller-free system. Best place to go for all the news is Gizmodo, where you can see the Giz writers testing [...]

Good afternoon campers, and welcome to this week’s round-up. Let’s start with the news that Wikipedia is banning Scientologists — or at least any contributors from all IP addresses owned by the Church of Scientology and its associates. Does that mean Tom Cruise won’t be able to update his wiki page? In other movie-related news, [...]

Microsoft’s unveiled its new baby and it’s a Bing after all. While Google’s still calling itself a “search engine” – and doing pretty well from it – and Wolfram Alpha thinks of itself as a “computational engine,” MS is marketing its latest offering as being a “decision engine.” And, finally, it’s announced the launch date for good measure.

We take a look beyond the hype and emotive campaign slogans to see what speed broadband is necessary for everyday activities.

YouTube is having to take down thousands of sexually explicit videos after it was targeted by pranksters on what’s being dubbed “Porn Day.” While most of the clips have already been deleted, others could be up for days.