Statistical release calendar 2017
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January
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q3 2016 | 26 January 2017 | Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share | Q3 2016 telecoms data tables (csv) (CSV, 18.0 KB) Q3 2016 telecoms data tables (pdf) (PDF, 66.4 KB) |
| Disabled consumers' access and use of communications services and devices 2016 | 26 January 2017 | Data which tracks and provides insights into the levels of access and use of communications services and devices among disabled consumers | Disabled consumers' access and use of communications services and devices 2016 (PDF, 3.3 MB) |
| Consumer issues survey: experience of nuisance calls January 2017 | 31 January 2017 | This set of data tables provides information on consumers' experience of nuisance calls |
February
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| News consumption in the UK | 1 February 2017 | Research into news consumption across television, radio, print and online. Note: Ofcom has conducted a review of the News Survey in order to ensure that it remains fit for purpose. See our proposed changes (PDF, 152.2 KB) Note: Since publication of these tables in February 2017, further analysis of this data has shown that a slightly modified definition of "internet user" can provide more reliable data, so we have recalculated the internet user base. Updated tables showing this recalculation can be found at our news consumption research page. | Ofcom news research 2016 weighted coded tables (PDF, 4.5 MB) Ofcom news research 2016 weighted coded tables (CSV, 1.5 MB) |
| Residential Postal Tracker 2016 | 27 February 2017 | Dataset of the residential postal tracking survey conducted in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 2016, providing data on residential consumers' use of post and attitudes to postal services. | Ofcom residential Postal tracker Q1-Q4 2016 tables (PDF, 2.5 MB)p Ofcom residential postal tracker Q1-Q4 2016 - data (CSV, 9.0 MB) Ofcom residential postal tracker - technical report 2016 (DOCX, 34.2 KB) |
| Business Postal Tracker 2016 | 27 February 2017 | Dataset of the postal tracking survey of UK SMEs conducted in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 2016. The survey provides data on postal services use, in terms of volumes sent, received, amount spent, postal products and services used an attitudes to postal services. Note: The data tables were reissued on 25 April 2017. The revised version provides clarification of some of the table filter descriptions. The data itself has not changed. | Ofcom business postal tracker: 2016 data tables Ofcom business postal tracker: 2016 technical report |
March
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer complaints research: Quality of service | 1 March 2017 |
These sets of data tables contain the results from an online survey which was used to interview customers who had made contact with their provider with a complaint six months prior to the interview. It explores reason for and satisfaction with the providers handling of the complaint. Please note: total market data is weighted and provider level data is unweighted. | Quality of customer service - total level data tables - weighted (PDF, 779.7 KB) Quality of customer service - total level data tables - weighted (XLSX, 189.3 KB) Quality of customer service – supplier level data tables – unweighted (PDF, 2.5 MB) Quality of customer service - supplier level data tables - unweighted (XLSX, 720.2 KB) |
| Customer complaints research: Reason to complain | 1 March 2017 | This set of data tables contains the results from face to face omnibus survey which asked customers whether they have had reason to complain to their communications provider/s in the last 12 months. | |
| PSB tracker data tables 2016 | 1 March 2017 | Data tables: Public service broadcasting tracking survey: attitudes, satisfaction with provision and importance of characteristics associated with PSB provision in the UK. | |
| Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes data tables | 15 March 2017 | Media literacy adult surveys: access, use and understanding of internet, TV, mobile and other platforms among the 16+ population of the UK | Subset data tables |
| Nuisance calls landline panel - wave 5 | 24 March 2017 | A diary study among UK adults with home landline phones to record all unwanted calls received during a 4-week period 16 Jan - 12 Feb 2017. Note: We are proposing to change the frequency of this study from annually to every two years. The next nuisance calls landline panel research will report in March 2019. Please contact market.research@ofcom.org.uk by Friday 20 October 2017 if you have any feedback regarding this change. | Statistics table on unwanted landline calls (PDF, 390.3 KB) |
| Telecoms and Pay TV Complaints Publication Q4 2016 | 29 March 2017 | Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers. Note: The landline data in the Q4 2016 report was adjusted on 15 December 2017. The data for all other services within the report has not changed. | Telecoms and Pay TV Complaints publication Q4 2016 (PDF, 1.0 MB) Telecoms and Pay TV Complaints publication Q4 2016 (CSV, 14.2 KB) |
| Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: March 2017 | 31 March 2017 | This set of data tables provides information on consumers' experience of nuisance calls | Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: March 2017 (PDF, 1.2 MB) Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: March 2017 (CSV, 217.4 KB) |
April
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Tracker 2016 | 04 April 2017 | This set of data tables provides information on UK adults’ attitudes and opinions towards television and radio broadcasting | Media Tracker 2016 data tables (PDF, 4.7 MB) Media Tracker 2016 data tables (CSV, 1.8 MB) |
| UK home broadband performance, November 2016: Performance of fixed-line broadband delivered to UK residential consumers | 12 April 2017 | Data collected on actual broadband speeds received by a sample of consumers who have had speed monitoring equipment installed in their homes | Fixed broadband speeds November 2016 |
| Ofcom Technology Tracker: Half 1 2017 | 27 April 2017 | Ofcom Technology Tracker results. Note: We are proposing to move satisfaction questions on landline, broadband, mobile and TV to a new regular tracking study monitoring levels of customer satisfaction. We are also proposing to move radio questions from H2 fieldwork to H1 fieldwork. Data from H1 fieldwork will be available in April 2018. Please contact market.research@ofcom.org.uk by Friday 1 December 2017 if you have any feedback regarding this change. | Ofcom Technology Tracker H1 2017 UK full data tables (PDF, 4.5 MB) Ofcom Technology Tracker H1 2017 UK subset data tables (PDF, 1.9 MB) Ofcom Technology Tracker H1 2017 Technical Report (PDF, 256.3 KB) Ofcom Technology Tracker H1 2017 data tables (CSV, 1.6 MB) Ofcom Technology Tracker H1 2017 subset data tables (CSV, 570.0 KB) |
| Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q4 2016 | 27 April 2017 | Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share |
May
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Television access services: final report on 2016 | 18 May 2017 | Data reporting provision of access services for the full calendar year 2016 | Television access services report 2016 |
| Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: May 2017 | 31 May 2017 | This set of data tables provides information on consumers' experience of nuisance calls. Note - as of May 2017 the fieldwork schedule for this study will change to three times a year: January, May and September. All other aspects of the research methodology and core questions remain unchanged. | Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: March 2017 (PDF, 1.1 MB) Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: March 2017 (CSV, 198.4 KB) |
June
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telecoms and pay-TV complaints publication Q1 2017 | 28 June 2017 | Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers |
July
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hours broadcast by public television broadcasters (within the Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report) | 7 July 2017 | Data showing number of hours broadcast by PSB channels | Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report 2017 |
| Network compliance report | 7 July 2017 | Compliance with a range of quotas including originations, independent productions, news, current affairs, made out of London productions and regional output. | Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report 2017 |
| List of channels required to provide access services in 2018 | 12 July 2017 | List of television channels licensed by Ofcom required to provide access services in the UK and other EU Member States. | Television channels required to provide television access services in 2018 |
| UK home broadband performance, February 2017: Performance of fixed-line broadband delivered to UK residential consumers | 17 July 2017 | Data collected on actual broadband speeds received by a sample of consumers who have had speed monitoring equipment installed in their homes | UK home broadband performance, February 2017 - panellist data (XLSX, 1.0 MB) |
| Children’s media literacy research 2017 | 26 July 2017 | Media literacy children and parents’ surveys: access, use and understanding of internet, television, mobile and other platforms among children aged 3-15 and their parents. | Ofcom media literacy tracker 2016, parents of children aged 3-4, data tables (PDF, 785.8 KB) Ofcom media literacy tracker 2016, parents and children aged 5-15, data tables (PDF, 2.9 MB) |
August
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial broadcast television revenues and spend (within the Communications Market Report) | 3 August 2017 | Data showing revenues for the commercial TV sector in the UK | CMR 2017 |
| Commercial radio revenues (within the Communications Market Report) | 3 August 2017 | Data showing revenues for the commercial radio sector in the UK | CMR 2017 |
| Number of commercial radio services broadcasting (within The Communications Market Report) | 3 August 2017 | Data showing number of commercial radio services | CMR 2017 |
| Number of hours broadcast by the multi-channel sector (within the Communications Market Report) | 3 August 2017 | Data showing Number of hours broadcast by the multi channel sector | CMR 2017 |
| Post volumes and revenues 2016 | 3 August 2017 | Data showing total revenues and volumes for the UK addressed letter market in FY2016-17. From FY 2017-18 we propose changing the basis on which annual letters volumes and revenues is collected, impacting the statistics we will publish relating to 2017-18 revenues and volumes. This proposal would mean that we no longer collect volumes and revenues from postal operators whose combined annual access letters and end-to end letter volumes is less than two million items a year. We consider that this change will remove regulatory burdens from the smallest operators while having no material impact on the quality of data we collect or our ability to monitor the market. For further information or to comment on our proposed change please see the notice on our website, or email by 6 March 2017 | CMR 2017 |
Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q1 2017 | 31 August 2017 | Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share | Telecoms data tables Q1 2017 (PDF, 253.3 KB) Telecoms data tables Q1 2017 (CSV, 18.7 KB) |
| Residential Postal Tracker Q3 2016 – Q2 2017 | 31 August 2017 | Mix of online and face-to-face survey. Dataset of the residential postal tracking survey conducted in Q3 and Q4 2016, and Q1 and Q2 2017, providing data on residential consumers' use of post and attitudes to postal services. Note: The data tables were reissued on 12 October 2017. The revised version includes data from all quarters for QC4. The data for all other questions have not changed. | Ofcom residential Postal tracker Q3 2016-Q2 2017 tables (PDF, 3.0 MB) Ofcom residential postal tracker Q3 2016-Q2 2017 – data (CSV, 16.5 MB) Ofcom residential postal tracker – technical report Q3 2016-Q2 2017 (PDF, 85.2 KB) |
| Business Postal Tracker Q3 2016 – Q2 2017 | 31 August 2017 | Telephone survey. Dataset of the postal tracking survey of UK SMEs conducted in Q3 and Q4 2016, and Q1 and Q2 2017. The survey provides data on postal services use, in terms of volumes sent, received, amount spent, postal products and services used, and attitudes to postal services. | Business postal tracker: Q3 2016-Q2 2017 data tables (PDF, 13.9 MB) Business postal tracker: Q3 2016-Q2 2017 technical report (PDF, 188.2 KB) Business postal tracker: Q3 2016-Q2 2017 data (CSV, 12.8 MB) |
September
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made outside London register | 20 September 2017 | A list of the programmes produced by the PSBs outside the M25, and criteria against which each programme qualifies as 'made outside London'. | Made outside London register 2016 (PDF, 472.3 KB) |
| Public service broadcasting (PSB) nations and regions compliance report | 20 September 2017 | Compliance with a range of regional quotas including originations, independent productions and average hours of weekly regional programming from the BBC, the Channel 3 licensees and S4C. | PSB nations and regions compliance report 2016 (PDF, 428.2 KB) |
| UK home broadband performance, May 2017: Performance of fixed-line broadband delivered to UK residential consumers | 22 September 2017 | Data collected on actual broadband speeds received by a sample of consumers who have had speed monitoring equipment installed in their homes | UK home broadband performance, May 2017 - panellist data (without weights) (XLSX, 1.4 MB) |
| Telecoms and pay-TV complaints publication Q2 2017 | 27 September 2017 |
Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers Note: The landline data in the Q2 2017 report was adjusted on 15 December 2017. The data for all other services within the report has not changed. | Telecoms and pay-TV complaints publication Q2 2017 (PDF, 1.3 MB) Telecoms and pay-TV complaints publication Q2 2017 (CSV, 15.6 KB) |
| Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls: September 2017 | 29 September 2017 | This set of data tables provides information on consumers' experience of nuisance calls | Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls (PDF, 999.0 KB) Consumer issues survey - experience of nuisance calls (CSV, 163.2 KB) |
October
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Television access services: report for the first six months of 2017 | 12 October 2017 | Data reporting provision of access services in first six months of 2017. | TV access services 2017: Q1 and Q2 |
| Switching tracker | 19 October 2017 | This is data from a survey monitoring consumer supplier switching in the communications market. Note: As of 2017, we are proposing to move the customer satisfaction questions from the switching tracker study and incorporate in a new regular tracking study monitoring levels of customer satisfaction. | Switching tracker 2017 data tables (PDF, 5.9 MB) |
| Ofcom Technology Tracker: Half 2 2017 | 26 October 2017 | Ofcom Technology Tracker results. Note: The data tables were reissued on 29 November 2017.The revised version includes changes to the base size of QP16 (QP14) by 10 respondents. Note: We are proposing to move satisfaction questions on landline, broadband, mobile and TV to a new regular tracking study monitoring levels of customer satisfaction. We are also proposing to move radio questions from H2 fieldwork to H1 fieldwork. Data from H1 fieldwork will be available in April 2018. Please contact market.research@ofcom.org.uk by Friday 1 December 2017 if you have any feedback regarding this change. | Technology Tracker H2 2017 UK data tables (PDF, 4.2 MB) Technology Tracker H2 2017 data tables (CSV, 1.3 MB) Technology Tracker H2 2017 UK subset data tables (PDF, 1.9 MB) Technology Tracker H2 2017 subset data tables (CSV, 540.2 KB) |
November
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICMR 2017 | 1 November 2017 | Data which provides insights into usage of communications services in the UK and eight comparator countries across the globe. | |
| Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q2 2017 | 2 November 2017 | Operational data | |
| UK home broadband performance, August 2017: Performance of fixed-line broadband delivered to UK residential customers | 17 November 2017 | Data collected on actual broadband speeds received by a sample of consumers who have had speed monitoring equipment installed in their homes | UK home broadband performance, August 2017 - panellist data (without weights) (XLSX, 1.4 MB) UK home broadband performance, August 2017 pre-release access |
| Post volumes and revenues 2016-17 | 21 November 2017 | Data showing total revenues and volumes for the UK addressed letter market in FY2016-17. From FY 2017-18 we propose changing the basis on which annual letters volumes and revenues is collected, impacting the statistics we will publish relating to 2017-18 revenues and volumes. This proposal would mean that we no longer collect volumes and revenues from postal operators whose combined annual access letters and end-to end letter volumes is less than two million items a year. We consider that this change will remove regulatory burdens from the smallest operators while having no material impact on the quality of data we collect or our ability to monitor the market. For further information or to comment on our proposed change please see the notice on our website, or email here. | Decision to change the basis on which annual letters revenues and volumes data is collected and published |
December
| Official statistics | Date published | Content | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults media literacy tracker 2017 | 13 December 2017 |
Media literacy adult surveys: access, usage and understanding of internet, television, mobile and other platforms among the 16+ adult population of the UK. Note: The publication date of the Adults’ Media Literacy data tables has been brought forward from March 2018. Note: Data tables were re-published on 27 June 2018 to correct an error. In the previous version, the summary code ANY 'CORRECT' MEASURES TAKEN in Table 93 contained responses saying ‘ I don't do this/ I never register online/ I don't give out my personal details’ which should have been excluded. For more information please contact market.research@ofcom.org.uk | Adults’ media literacy data tables (PDF, 2.8 MB) Adults’ media literacy data tables (CSV, 479.9 KB) |
| Telecoms and pay-TV complaints publication Q3 2017 | - |
Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers. Note: This is now due to be published in mid-January to allow for further quality assurance to be carried out. |