All Regulation articles – Page 121
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Can they be trusted?
Michael Grade has promised the launch of any new services by the BBC will be scrutinised more closely, but commercial rivals remain concerned about the corporation's expansionist tendencies, writes Jenny Smith.
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NewsLords attack BBC proposals
A House of Lords committee has criticised demands by the BBC for an inflation-busting licence fee rise and called for plans to replace the BBC governors with a Trust to be scrapped.
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NewsJowell to review cricket rules... in 2008
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is resisting a growing backbench revolt to restore cricket test matches immediately to free-to-air TV.
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NewsBBC not guilty of product placement
A BBC inquiry into product placement has cleared programme makers of being caught out by a newspaper sting.
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NewsBBC2 rapped by Ofcom over Pulp Fiction
BBC2 has been rapped by watchdog Ofcom for screening the movie Pulp Fiction, despite appealing against the complaints three times.
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NewsBBC3 news gets the chop
BBC3 is axing its nightly news bulletin and ploughing the money saved into factual programmes.
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NewsEC: Premier League has not gone far enough
European Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has demanded more clarification over the auction of live football matches, and has given the Premier League until Monday to respond.
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NewsMPs: BBC Manchester move must happen
Labour MP's have warned BBC chiefs they will face a political backlash if they renege on their plan to move to Manchester.
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NewsEC media chief calls for 'light touch' media regulation
1pm: Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for media, this week said that regulators needed to apply 'a light touch' to internet, broadband and other emerging media platforms.
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NewsMPs lobby Jowell to keep cricket free
8am: Pressure is mounting on Tessa Jowell to call a broadcasting summit that will look at ways to keep cricket test matches free-to-air from next season.
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'Light touch' regulation for new media
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has indicated that the government is planning a 'light touch' regime of regulation for the fast-growing broadband TV and mobile media sectors. Speaking at the Creative Economy Conference yesterday (5 October), Jowell said: 'We don't want to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut as regulation ...
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NewsEC on verge of antitrust action over TV football rights
The European Commission is on the brink of beginning legal action against the English Football Association Premier League over the carving up of television broadcasting rights.
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NewsPact calls in Ofcom over ITV online row
ITV's new director of television Simon Shaps's aim to build bridges with the indie sector got off to a bad start this week after Pact said it had called off all talks with ITV over online rights - and was asking Ofcom to step in and resolve the row.
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Dying to be on the telly
With a host of shows set to feature real deaths on TV, the question of what is appropriate is once again raised. In the absence of explicit rules, broadcasters have to rely on their own judgement.
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Ofcom ad rules may be dropped
Ofcom is considering scrapping rules governing how many adverts a broadcaster can show in a programme amid claims they are outdated.
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NewsCurrie set for Ofcom extension
9.30am:Ofcom chairman Lord David Currie is considering extending his five-year contract but only for another two years.
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Newsnight 'not fair'
Former Conservative party press chief Guy Black has won a partial victory against the BBC, after he complained about a Newsnightreport on the party's leader, Michael Howard last year. Black complained about the programme's coverage, claiming extracts from interviews had been used selectively and missed out ...
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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.
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NewsOfcom bans Make Poverty History ads
Ofcom has banned the Make Poverty History campaign from advertising on UK television and radio.
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NewsLords committee to probe TV cricket deals
BBC chiefs are to be grilled by parliament over their bidding policy to broadcast sports events amid protests about the loss of live coverage of test match cricket to Sky.