All articles by David Rose – Page 3
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NewsProduct placement debate not dead
Media secretary Andy Burnham has assured MPs that the debate on product placement is not dead and that he will listen to arguments for allowing it on British TV.
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NewsBurnham: No relaxation on product placement rules
Media secretary Andy Burnham has told broadcasters that he will not relax the rules to allow them to boost their declining revenues by introducing product placement.
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NewsBurnham rejects calls for PRTS criminal inquiry
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has ducked a challenge by Lib-Dem media spokesman Don Foster to get the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the premium-rate telephone TV scandals.
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NewsBurnham under pressure over cricket
Media Secretary Andy Burnham is under pressure to make a policy decision that would plunge him into head-on collision with satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
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NewsNo backing from Burnham on extended ad ban
Media secretary Andy Burnham has refused to intervene to impose new advertising restrictions on broadcasters that could cost them up to£240m in revenues.
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NewsFood bill junked
The government has effectively blocked a private members' bill that would have created a 9pm watershed for advertising junk food.
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NewsBurnham in talks on top-slicing alternative
Media secretary Andy Burnham has suggested the BBC could share resources with Channel 4 and other public service broadcasters to help them reduce the cost of programmes as an alternative to top-slicing the licence fee.
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NewsTories set out PSB vision
The Tories have put themselves on collision course with the BBC by warning they will force it to share the licence fee with other broadcasters.
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NewsC4: No quick decision on funding
Channel 4 is unlikely to decide on its preferred future funding option until the autumn, chairman Luke Johnson said yesterday (19 March).
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NewsBurnham rejects Welsh broadcasting proposals
New media secretary Andy Burnham has told Parliament he is against handing the Scottish and Welsh governments broadcasting powers claiming it would damage British television.
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NewsMPs: Publish Nick Robinson's expenses
More than 50 MPs have called on the BBC to publish details of Nick Robinson's personal expenses after a controversial blog by its political editor.
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NewsDecision on Test cricket's return to free TV delayed
The prospect of England's home cricket Test series returning to free-to-air TV in the near future has been dealt a blow.
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NewsGovernment rejects MPs bid to tighten C4's remit
The government has rejected a plan by the Commons media select committee to tighten Channel 4's public service remit in exchange for allowing it to share some of the BBC's licence fee.
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NewsBBC could publish more salary details
The BBC Trust has sparked a row by refusing to reveal to Parliament the salaries paid to top presenters while asking BBC bosses to consider divulging salaries paid to other staff.
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NewsBBC to resist sharing licence fee
BBC chiefs have told Parliament they will resist demands for it to give some of its£3.2bn licence fee to other broadcasters.
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NewsQuestions over BBC risk management
The BBC is facing renewed pressure to expose itself to full Parliamentary scrutiny after managerial failings were blamed for the Blue Peter phone-in fiasco.
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NewsMPs call for tax credits for kids TV
Political pressure is mounting on ministers to throw a lifeline to stricken independent producers and save UK children’s TV.
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NewsGrade lobbies Parliament to reduce Sky’s stake in ITV
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has appealed to Parliament for BSkyB’s 17.9% stake to be slashed to “well below 10%” if it is not forced to sell its share entirely.
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NewsLords call on BBC for tougher rules
Ministers are looking to the BBC Trust to strengthen the broadcasting guidelines to ensure there is no repeat of the embarrassing Queengate fiasco.
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NewsMPs: licence fee cash should be split to save kids TV
The government is facing the first political challenge to force the BBC to share some of its licence fee with other broadcasters to keep children’s programmes on the air.
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