All DCMS articles – Page 51
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Bazalgette battles for to regain indie status for Endemol
Creative director continues to lobby on three fronts and takes legal advice
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DCMS 'open' to ideas for Ofcom.
The government is open to suggestions about the best structure for its proposed single regulator, Ofcom, media secretary Chris Smith said this week. Speaking at an Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR)
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Disney joins fight to curb BBC services.
Disney Channel UK has become the latest commercial voice to join the chorus of concern over the BBC's proposed new digital services, writes Simon Ellery.
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Whish to review BBC fair trading.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced the terms of reference for the independent review of the BBC's fair trading policies, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC web activities put under House spotlight.
The BBC's expansion of its commercial activities on the web came under the spotlight again this week, at the first of the culture, media & sport select committee's sessions taking evidence
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ANALYSIS SPECIAL - BBC unveils proposed new services.
The BBC's plans in full and in its own words, plus the DCMS test criteria.
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Dyke upbeat over digital feedback.
BBC director general Greg Dyke has told BBC staff that the results of the corporation's latest public consultation on its proposed digital channels are 'positive', pre-empting the publication of the consultation's
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BBC Online put under scrutiny.
The government has agreed to review BBC Online amid concern that the boundaries between its commercial and publicly funded activities are blurring.The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has told
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Green light for BBC?
Criticism of the new DCMS guidelines for the BBC's digital services for being weak, vague and barely different from a first draft may yet herald the beginning of a tortuous process before Chris Smith gives the go-ahead.
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Dyke upbeat as public opinion on digital channels is 'positive'
Staff told of results before official publication by Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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BBC Online put under scrutiny
DCMS expected to undertake review of BBC's online activities after complaints from rival ISPs
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Hodgson on Ofcom
The ITC chief executive argues that Ofcom - the new superregulator proposed by the joint DCMS/DTI Communications White Paper - has more complex and potentially conflicting responsibilities than any other regulator and needs clear powers and guidance if
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Rival broadcasters gang up against BBC's digital plans
Letter to DCMS cites 'strongest concern at the lack of any finalised criteria on which these new services will be approved or rejected.'
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Endemol Entertainment UK lobbies DCMS for indie status
Ground Force producer says acquisition of parent by Telefónica does not affect UK programme supply market
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Hogson on Ofcom
The ITC chief executive argues that Ofcom - the new superregulator proposed by the joint DCMS/DTI Communications White Paper - has more complex and potentially conflicting responsibilities than any other regulator and needs clear powers and guidance i
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MPs respond positively to white paper but concerns remain
House reacts favourably but individual MPs voice concerns over dilution of regional TV, strength of BBC and Ofcom's reporting structure to both DCMS and DTI
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White paper to steer clear of controversy
Looming election sees radical moves on cross-media ownership off the agenda as government calls for more industry input
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Minorities 'betrayed' by broadcast sector
The broadcast industry employs more than 115,000 people, according to the first ever census of the TV, radio and new media industries - far more than the government's previous estimate of
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TV industry 'no better than police in betrayal of ethnic minorites' says union boss
Bectu boss reacts to AVITG/DCMS census which shows less than nine per cent of TV staff employed from ethnic backgrounds