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Internet users' experience of online advertising
- Research
21 March 2019
Research into consumers' attitudes towards and awareness of personal data used in online advertising.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/internet-and-on-demand-research/internet-use-and-attitudes/internet-users-experience-online-advertising
Open data
- Data
19 March 2019
Ofcom’s open data is a mix of data from or about the companies we regulate in the communications sector, and the citizens and consumers who use them.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/data/opendata
Statistical release calendar 2019
- Regulation
- Data
- Research
18 March 2019
Lists Ofcom's official statistics
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/data/statistics/stats19
Media Nations 2018
- Research
11 March 2019
The report reviews key trends in the television and audiovisual sector as well as the radio and audio sector.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/tv-radio-and-on-demand/media-nations
Radio broadcast update February 2019
- Data
05 March 2019
This monthly update provides information about Ofcom’s broadcast radio licensing activity with regard to both the commercial and community radio sectors.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radio-broadcast-licensing/monthly-updates/radio-broadcast-update-february-2019
Adults' media use and attitudes
- Research
This annual report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding, and how these change over time.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/adults/adults-media-use-and-attitudes
About media literacy
- Research
Media literacy enables people to have the skills, knowledge and understanding to make full use of the opportunities presented by both traditional and new communications services. Media literacy also helps people to manage content and communications, and protect themselves and their families from the potential risks associated with using these services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/media-literacy
Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2018
- Research
21 February 2019
This report provides detailed evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as detailed information about the media access and use of young children aged 3-4.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/childrens/children-and-parents-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2018
Pricing trends for communications services
- Research
13 February 2019
This report outlines Ofcom's research into trends in the pricing of residential communications services in the UK.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/multi-sector-research/general-communications/pricing
Broadband speeds
- Research
13 February 2019
Research on fixed line home broadband speeds, mobile broadband performance, and related research.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research/broadband-research/broadband-speeds
Children’s Media Use and Attitudes
- Research
11 February 2019
Our research includes findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use, and the ways that parents seek to – or decide not to – monitor or limit use of different types of media.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/childrens
Radio broadcast update January 2019
- Data
05 February 2019
This monthly update provides information about Ofcom’s broadcast radio licensing activity with regard to both the commercial and community radio sectors.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radio-broadcast-licensing/monthly-updates/radio-broadcast-update-january-2019
Statistical release calendar 2018
- Regulation
- Data
- Research
04 February 2019
Lists Ofcom's official statistics
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/data/statistics/stats18
Supporting the expanding role of wireless innovation in UK industry: a discussion paper
- Research
01 February 2019
This paper explores what forms this wireless connectivity could take and how best to ensure it meets the needs of UK consumers and industry.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/spectrum-management/supporting-role-wireless-innovation-uk-industry
Telecoms data updates
- Data
- Research
Quarterly updates tracking key trends emerging from the data we collect on the UK telecommunications sector including fixed voice services, mobile services and fixed broadband.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research/data-updates
Telecoms and pay-TV complaints interactive data
- Data
30 January 2019
This interactive data is a supplement to our Q2 (April to June) 2017 report on telecoms and pay-TV complaints.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/multi-sector-research/telecoms-complaints-data/interactive-data
Telecoms and pay-TV complaints data
- Research
These documents are intended to help consumers make better informed decisions, especially those who are thinking about changing provider or purchasing a new service. We also believe that publication of provider-specific complaint volumes incentivises providers to improve their performance.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/multi-sector-research/telecoms-complaints-data
Annual monitoring updates on the postal market
- Data
- Research
29 January 2019
An effective and ongoing monitoring regime is one of the key safeguards of the regulatory framework that Ofcom put in place in the UK postal sector in March 2012
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports
Children's Media Lives
- Research
A research project which follows 18 children, aged 8-15 at the beginning of the study, over three years, interviewing them on camera each year about their media habits and attitudes.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/childrens/childrens-media-lives
Life on the small screen: What children are watching and why
- Research
28 January 2019
Report for Ofcom on what videos children watch, why they value them, how they navigate to content and what drives decisions about platform choices.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/what-children-are-watching-and-why