Judging from the speakers, though, he's also well aware that there is a market of broadcasters, programme-makers and advertisers eager to discuss ways of staying in touch with young audiences.
He also endorsed findings of former BBC news deputy Richard Ayre's report into premium-rate telephone services that found "systemic failures" in how broadcasters managed programmes.
Ofcom did say that it would now be issuing new guidance to television broadcasters on programmes that were shown just prior to the watershed, but which were aimed at family audiences.
This "tactile TV" will help broadcasters create programmes that "capture the audience's full attention and immerse them in a multisensory world," according to Dr Marianna Obrist, Reader in Interaction Design at Sussex, whose Computer Human Interaction lab is leading the research.
Overall Ofcom cleared nine news broadcasters and programmes – the Iain Dale Show on LBC, ITV's London Tonight, Channel 5 News, ITV News, Channel 4 News, the BBC News Channel, BBC4's World News Today, Sky News and al-Jazeera News.
This year it was celebrated on 1 March, with broadcasters presenting programmes produced by young people, for young people worldwide.
Restaurants and stalls boast of being featured on China Central Television, the state broadcaster, in programmes such as A Bite of China.
A significant knock-on effect of further ad restrictions on television will be to starve broadcasters of programme budgets.
ITV has hired Sony Pictures senior executive Peter Iacono to head ITV Worldwide, the division responsible for selling the broadcaster's programmes in other markets.
ITV Worldwide, the division responsible for selling the broadcaster's programmes in other markets, is headed by former Sony Pictures senior executive Peter Iacono, who joined in January.
