All Regulation articles – Page 106
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Local content rule change
Ofcom last week relaxed its guidelines for locally produced content on analogue commercial radio.
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NewsBBC award switchover contract to eaga
The BBC has appointed green support services company eaga to manage the digital switchover Help Scheme.
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NewsBurnham shares top slicing vision
New culture secretary Andy Burnham has made a veiled indication that he will back radical proposals to share out the BBC licence fee, sharing the vision of his predecessor James Purnell.
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NewsJamie's Shaker lands C4 in hot water
Ofcom has criticised Channel 4 after Jamie Oliver prominently used one of his self-branded utensils in the Jamie at Home series.
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NewsOfcom revises local radio guidelines
Ofcom has relaxed its guidelines for the amount of locally-produced content on analogue commercial radio but has defended its decision to set minimum levels of local programming.
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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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NewsBBC in presenter race row
The BBC has launched an investigation after it allegedly broke race discrimination laws in the hunt for a new presenter.
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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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NewsOFT kicks off ITV rights review
Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading have embarked on a year-long review of ITV's contract rights renewal mechanism for advertisers.
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NewsBSkyB ordered to cut stake in ITV
BSkyB must reduce its holding in ITV from 17.9% to below 7.5% and not take a seat on its board, the government has ruled.
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NewsSBC attacks fake 'Scottish' shows
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has called on the BBC and Ofcom to address the practice of network programmes being labelled Scottish productions despite having very little connection with the country.
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NewsBremner, Bird and Fortune escapes Ofcom censure
Comedians John Bird and John Fortune have escaped censure from Ofcom over jokes they made concerning missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann.
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NewsNews Corp takes Virgin Media to court
News Corp subsidiary Gemstar TV Guide International has filed a lawsuit against cable giant Virgin Media alleging infringement of its European patents.
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News...as Irish indies lobby government
Independent producers in Northern Ireland are lobbying their government to join forces with the newly established Scottish Broadcasting Commission (SBC) to aid efforts to grow their share of UK network output from 0.1% to 3%.
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NewsBBC sets 2016 date to correct London bias...
The BBC will source half of its programmes from outside London by 2016, in a renewed drive to redress its bias towards the capital.
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NewsScottish MP attacks government over commissioning deficit
SNP spokesperson for culture and media Peter Wishart MP has attacked the government and major broadcasters for not taking enough interest in the commissioning deficit in Scotland.
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NewsBBC makes major regional pledge
The BBC is planning to make half of all programming outside of London and base half of its programming staff outside the capital by 2016, director general Mark Thompson has revealed.
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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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NewsOfcom to fast-track penalties for major breaches
Ofcom has introduced new rules to ‘fast-track' penalties for the most serious breaches of its code following a spate of record fines last year.
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NewsPSB legislation may be accelerated
Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has called for the PSB debate to be accelerated and culture secretary James Purnell seems to agree, suggesting that planned legislation will be brought forward.