All Regulation articles – Page 100
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NewsPSB model 2: BBC only
The BBC becomes the sole UK-wide provider of PSB content. Limited plurality is provided only to the extent possible through other broadcasters' commercial output.
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NewsPSB model 3: BBC and Channel 4
This model would see BBC and Channel 4 have a PSB role while others bid for limited competitive funding.
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NewsPSB model 4: Broad competitive funding
Commercial PSBs pitch for long-term but transferable contract for specific PSB content, with funds awarded by a funding agency.
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NewsSBC: Move BBC channel to Scotland
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has called for one of the four major BBC channels to be moved to Scotland - but has stopped short of recommending a dedicated Scottish Six news bulletin.
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NewsBBC Trust to review licence fee collection
The BBC Trust is to ask the public if the BBC is too heavy handed in the way that it collects its licence fee, as part of a wide-ranging review launched today.
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NewsBectu backs Directors UK
Broadcasting union Bectu has given the recently established TV and film directors' body Directors UK the all-clear to negotiate directly with broadcasters.
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NewsKirstie and Phil beat Ofcom rap
Channel 4's Location, Location, Location has been cleared of political bias by Ofcom after its presenters launched a campaign to get stamp duty reformed.
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FeaturesFincham's finest hour: The verdict
In his rousing MacTaggart address, ITV director of television Peter Fincham pilloried Ofcom for imagining TV as a form of social engineering. Here top industry figures give their take on his speech.
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NewsShare the licence fee, say pay-TV viewers
Two in every three pay-TV viewers believe part of the television licence fee should go to broadcasters other than the BBC, according to research commissioned by Discovery Networks UK.
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News'Serious doubts' over BBCW's Lonely Planet deal
Edinburgh 08: Some members of the BBC Trust had “serious doubts” about approving BBCW's acquisition of travel publisher Lonely Planet, Time Out chairman Tony Elliott has claimed.
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NewsBragg: Lift restrictions or watch ITV collapse
Edinburgh 08: Melvyn Bragg has warned that ITV faces collapse unless it is freed of CRR and other restrictions, labelling the broadcaster a 'whipping boy'.
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NewsC4 exec warns of 'meaningless' PSB stance
Edinburgh 08: The TV industry is at risk of adopting a “meaningless” definition of public service broadcasting, Channel 4 head of programmes Julian Bellamy has warned.
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NewsBaz: Indies may have to give up IP rights
Edinburgh 08: The Pact terms of trade have a limited lifespan and broadcasters could force a return to retaining programme rights, Peter Bazalgette has warned.
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NewsMacTaggart: Fincham slams Ofcom
Ofcom's 'box-ticking' PSB review could kill televison by sidelining entertainment, Peter Fincham has warned in the 2008 MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
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NewsMacTaggart: Fincham slams Ofcom
Ofcom's “box-ticking” PSB review could kill televison by sidelining entertainment, Peter Fincham has warned in the 2008 MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
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NewsMacTaggart: Fincham slams Ofcom
Edinburgh 08: Ofcom's “box-ticking” PSB review could kill televison by sidelining entertainment, Peter Fincham has warned in the 2008 MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
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NewsGoogle gives Kangaroo thumbs up
Google has given its backing to the proposed multi-broadcaster video-on-demand service Project Kangaroo.
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NewsJoost attacks Kangaroo
Web TV platform Joost has complained that the proposed multi-broadcaster on-demand service Project Kangaroo will distort the competitive online TV rights market.
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NewsLocal TV coalition attacks Ofcom
A coalition of local TV operators has complained that Ofcom has ignored public support for regional programming on the Freeview platform.
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ULTV's letter to Ofcom
An open letter from United for Local Television to Ofcom regarding the regulator's conduct of it's second PSB review.