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UK sets out Comms Review priorities
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he UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has set out strategic priorities for its review of the media and telecommunications industries prior to introducing proposals to update existing legislation better to reflect the changes in the sector. In a foreword to the discussion paper Connectivity, Content and Consumers: Britain’s digital platform for growth - Maria Miller, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, together with Ed Vaizey (right), minister for culture, communications and creative industries, write: “It can, at times, be hard to remember what life was like before smartphones, social networking and catch-up television. The Internet has transformed our lives and, as well as changing the way we interact with each other, new technologies like these – and the digital infrastructure upon which they rely – underpin the UK’s economic
“It can, at times, be hard to remember what life was like before smartphones, social networking and catch-up television.”
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