September 2013 Council Meeting

18 September 2013

At the BSAC Council Meeting on 18 September 2013, Members had the opportunity to try Google Glass.

From left to right: BSAC Deputy Chairmen Ajay Chowdhury and Marc Samuelson; Tony Ageh, Controller, Archive Development, BBC; and BSAC Member Professor Robin Baker OBE

The agenda covered:

– EU Green Paper: Preparing for a fully Converged Audiovisual World – Kip Meek. A copy of BSAC’s response can be downloaded here

– European telecoms regulation – Kip Meek

– Perspectives on Plurality – Theo Bertram, Google; Magnus Brooke, ITV; James Heath, BBC

– Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s mobile phone business – Mark Selby, University of Surrey

– Issues for film distribution – Mark Batey, Film Distributors Association

– Progress and development of the Copyright Hub – Richard Hooper CBE, Chairman, Copyright Hub

This was a private meeting for the BSAC Membership and invited guests.