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TV violence warning
Broadcasting watchdogs are calling for more warnings before soaps and news bulletins before the watershed to protect young viewers from violence. A new report from the BBC, Broadcasting Standards Commission, Independent Television Commission and British Board of Film Classification has found that even when violence is suggested in programmes, children ...
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Bolt quits BSC in favour of Olympics role
Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) director Paul Bolt is leaving the watchdog two months before it is officially absorbed into Ofcom, to spearhead the government unit responsible for the 2012 Olympic Games bid, writes Michael Rosser
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Lord Burns to advise on BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has appointed Abbey National chairman Lord Burns as a key independent advisor on the BBC's Charter renewal process.
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ITC raps Living's interactive ads
The Independent Television Commission this week rapped Living TV for carrying advertising for psychics and their premium rate phone lines via its onscreen interactive 'red button'.
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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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NewsJowell urges movement on indie rights
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called on broadcasters and Ofcom to have the new codes of conduct for independent producers in place by the end of the year, writes Colin Robertson.
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NewsBig Brother's O'Leary angers religious set
Dermot O'Leary has angered religious viewers by suggesting that Big Brother contestants could use the Bible as a substitute for toilet paper, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsFederico earns Rise ITC rap
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has upheld a complaint about language broadcast on Channel 4's breakfast show Rise, following an outburst by an evicted Big Brother contestant, writes Becky Wilkins
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NewsDangerous driving show earns BBC second rap
The BBC has been given a ticking off by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for encouraging dangerous and irresponsible driving after it repeated a broadcast about a rally, which had already had complaints upheld against it.
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NewsRap for axed ITV show The Vice
Axed-ITV1 series The Vice has received a posthumous rap over the knuckles after the show failed to warn viewers about nudity and sexual behaviour in a show broadcast shortly after the watershed.
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NewsJowell allays Charter fears
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has moved to quell fears that the BBC's role in the Dr David Kelly affair would influence its Charter renewal process.
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NewsMPs savage BBC annual report
A furious bust-up with Labour MPs, accusations of bias and the Daily Mail up in arms. It was just another week for BBC director general Greg Dyke and his chairman, Gavyn Davies, as they unveiled this year's annual report, writes John Plunkett
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NewsChannel 4 rapped in latest ITC bulletin
The ITC issued its latest programme complaints bulletin today (July 14), with over half the included complaints criticising Channel 4 shows, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsBSC clears ITV1 Shipman drama
TV watchdog the Broadcasting Standards Commission has cleared Granada's controversial dramatisation of the events surrounding the crimes of serial murderer Dr Harold Shipman, after it was accused of unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsGovernment strikes Puttnam deal
The government has struck a last minute deal with rebel peer Lord Puttnam and will now introduce a clause in the communications bill forcing Ofcom to submit any broadcasting merger or acquisition to a public interest test, writes David Rose
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NewsITC raps Five over clipshow footage
Five has been criticised by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for broadcasting a programme in which a man swung a small child around his head by its limbs, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsGovernment seeks to appease Puttnam
Government ministers are holding eleventh-hour talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam in a bid to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups such as Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Five, writes David Rose.
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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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NewsPuttnam moves to appease ministers
Ministers renewed talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam this week to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups like Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Channel 5, writes David Rose