All Ofcom articles – Page 43
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Ofcom: C4 needs to merge... but we're not saying who with
Ofcom has called for Channel 4 to become part of a new public broadcasting alternative to the BBC - but has refused to say whether BBC Worldwide, Five or another body should be its main partner.
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Ofcom: we haven't 'rolled over' for ITV
Ofcom deputy chairman Philip Graf has defended the media regulator ahead of tomorrow's Public Service Broadcasting report, insisting it was not 'rolling over' in the face of demands from ITV to reduce its regulatory burden.
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Ofcom hits ITV with regional quota fine
Ofcom has fined ITV£220,000 for failing to hit its regional quotas for flagship channel ITV1 in 2006 and 2007.
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Questioning Ofcom's PSB role
Submissions to its PSB review are calling on Ofcom to get tough.The eye-straining business of reading the submissions to Ofcom on its upcoming review of public service broadcasting was not entirely a waste of Optrex. It was an exercise that rekindled my somewhat dormant faith in the wisdom of crowds.
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MPs urge Ofcom chair to take pay cut
Ofcom's incoming chair Dr Colette Bowe has turned down a challenge from MPs to set recession-hit Britain an example by accepting a cut in her£200,000 annual salary for a three-day-a-week role.
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Ofcom: Atkinson's bible spoof was not offensive
ITV1 has escaped censure from Ofcom despite 540 people complaining after Rowan Atkinson spoofed a bible story during a show to celebrate Prince Charles's 60th birthday.
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Ofcom: Casualty too shocking
BBC1 medical drama Casualty has again incurred the wrath of Ofcom, which has upheld five complaints about what it describes as “a sustained and concentrated run of distressing and shocking scenes” in a recent episode.
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Ofcom appoints standards head.
Ofcom has appointed Independent Television Commission (ITC) head of factual programmes Chris Banatvala to the key post of head of standards, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ofcom to tackle 'regional' issue
Ofcom is planning a crackdown on what counts as a regional operation for indie producers and could insist on senior indie staff living in the area where the office is based, writes Jane Marlow.
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Hodgson in plea for less Ofcom duties
Patricia Hodgson, the chief executive of the Independent Television Commission, has called for fewer duties and responsibilities to be imposed on new super-regulator Ofcom once it takes over from the ITC. In a speech at the Treasury on Wednesday night (15 October), Hodgson said Ofcom has been charged with deregulating ...
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NewsOfcom to tackle ?media scrums'
Media secretary Tessa Jowell wants super media regulator Ofcom to step in to help sort out media scrums, where broadcasting and other journalists frantically compete for doorstep interview often in front of the camera, writes David Rose.
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Five seeks Ofcom approval to axe 7pm news
Five is set to call on new regulator Ofcom to allow it to axe its news bulletin from peaktime and open up its schedule to more popular shows, writes Michael Rosser.
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Carter warns Ofcom will face unparalleled legal challenges
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has predicted that the new super-regulator will face an unprecedented amount of legal threats, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ofcom appoints standards head
Ofcom has appointed Independent Television Commission (ITC) head of factual programmes Chris Banatvala to the key post of head of standards, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Carter sets Ofcom staff ceiling.
OFCOM chief executive Stephen Carter has pledged to cut the head count of the five regulators his new department will replace by 200 people, scotching suggestions that staff numbers would increase, writes Colin Robertson.
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News Analysis - Ofcom overload?
After staying tactfully silent about the Communications Bill, Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has spoken out about the seemingly endless additions to the super-regulator's remit. Will Ofcom be able to cope with the burden?
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NewsBlair beaten over Ofcom role
Tony Blair suffered his first broadcasting setback this week when Lord Puttnam succeeded in putting the interests of the 'citizen' at the heart of the duties of new media regulator Ofcom, writes David Rose
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Ofcom could loosen ITN ownership rules.
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose.
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Ofcom could loosen ITN ownership rules
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose.