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NewsPolice recover£100,000 of stolen equipment
A series of police raids have recovered more than£100,000 worth of film and camera equipment stolen from film makers, broadcasters, post production houses and indies in the UK.
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NewsJowell confirms licence fee role for audit office
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called in the taxpayers' watchdog to scrutinise the BBC's bid to raise the licence fee to£180.
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NewsCarter to leave Ofcom next week
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter will leave the regulator next week despite originally saying he would stay on until autumn.
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NewsNew DAB multiplex will not reach Northern Ireland
Ofcom has announced its intention to advertise the second national radio multiplex by the end of the year but confirmed it will not be able to cover Northern Ireland and parts of western Wales.
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NewsAyre appointed to Ofcom content board
Richard Ayre, the former deputy chief executive of BBC news, has been named as one of five people appointed as non-executive members on Ofcom's content board.
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NewsGrade answers pay rise critics
BBC chairman Michael Grade has hit back at accusations of 'fat cat' salaries at the corporation, as he once again defended above-inflation pay rises for its executive board.
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NewsThompson denies ban on Jonathan Ross clip
BBC director general Mark Thompson has denied that there is a blanket ban on showing Jonathan Ross's controversial interview with Conservative leader David Cameron.
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NewsJowell to give audit office a role in licence fee
The BBC has survived an attempt to give the National Audit Office (NAO) full access to its books, but the NAO looks set to be given a role in assessing its future spending.
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NewsUnions meet to discuss BBC pension changes
The BBC could be facing strike action next month as broadcasting unions gather today (Monday 10 July) to discuss major changes to its pension scheme, in the wake of inflation-busting pay rises for senior BBC execs.
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NewsOfcom relaxes cross-promotion rules
Ofcom has changed the cross-promotion rules governing broadcasters, scrapping all but two existing regulations.
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NewsJunk food ad ban 'threatens kids TV' warns Pact
Producers' group Pact has warned that a ban on TV junk food advertising before 9pm would wipe out children's programme production for commercial channels and is calling for a£50m fund to bolster the industry.
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Lib Dems question BBC independence
The Liberal Democrats have called into question the BBC's independence after the corporation agreed to bring forward the publication of its annual report to fit in with the timing of a government debate.
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NewsAndy Duncan's letter to Tessa Jowell
The chief executive of Channel 4 has written to the culture secretary in a further attempt to stop Ofcom banning junk food advertising before 9pm. Read his letter in full here.
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NewsAllen and Lighting's letter to Tessa Jowell
The chief executives of ITV and Five have written to the culture secretary in a further attempt to stop Ofcom banning junk food advertising before 9pm. Read their letter in full here.
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NewsITV and Five launch joint offensive against junk food ban
The chief executives of ITV and Five, Charles Allen and Jane Lighting, have sent a joint letter to culture secretary Tessa Jowell in a further attempt to stop Ofcom banning junk food advertising before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsGovt claims new TV Without Frontiers could damage industry
New broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has hit out at the European Commission claiming that current proposals to update the TV Without Frontiers Directive (TVWF) could do 'huge damage' to broadcasting in the UK.
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NewsBroadcasters lobby on dead bodies rules
Channel 4 and the BBC are fighting new rules which could force them to obtain a licence before showing dead bodies or body parts on television.
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NewsOfcom chief hits out at health groups over TV ad ban
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has criticised health organisations, which are taking legal action against the regulator over its failure to consider a complete ban on junk food ads, claiming they are using the law for public relations ends.
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ITV strikes new media rights deal with Pact
Independent producers will be handed half of the profits from phone services on shows they make for ITV, as part of a deal between the broadcaster and producers' alliance Pact.
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Bush approves hike in indecency fines
President George Bush has signed off legislation for a tenfold increase in US broadcasting decency fines and warned broadcasters to take more care, leading to speculation that US programming will be marked by an increased conservatism. The legislation means that the maximum fine for indecency that the Federal Communications Commission ...