All Regulation articles – Page 136
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ITC rethinks occult
The Independent Television Commission is considering revisions to its programme code after Living TV presented two shows about the paranormal as factual rather than entertainment. The TV watchdog is proposing the changes in an attempt to address the occult and attempts to contact the dead. The move follows the screening ...
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NewsITC sets out list of new indie rights
Broadcasters could be forced to lend development money to producers and limit their hold on primary rights to five years under new proposals from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Jane Marlow.
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NewsBragg speaks up for ITV 'indies'
Broadcasting peer Melvyn Bragg has made an impassioned plea for Ofcom to allow smaller independent ITV companies to be given independent production status, writes David Rose.
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NewsITV set for full ITN ownership
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose
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NewsLiving TV pulled up over séance shows
Living TV has been rapped by the ITC after it presented two shows about the paranormal - which included séances - as factual rather than entertainment shows, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBBC opens books to NAO
BBC chiefs face being summoned to Parliament in future to account for the way they spend the licence fee, writes David Rose
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NewsBragg puts training funding under scrutiny
Ministers are to examine a suggestion by Lord Bragg, the LWT executive, that half the£250m levy ITV hands over to the Treasury should be used to fund the training of future Broadcasters, writes David Rose
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Ofcom may set ethnic targets
The Government is considering arming Ofcom with strengthened powers to ensure broadcasters employ enough people from ethnic minorities - both on and off-screen, writes David Rose.
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NewsGavin calls on Ofcom to boost British media
BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin has called for Ofcom to be given a greater role in boosting the profile and competitiveness of British Media Companies abroad, writes Luke Satchell
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Alli presses for ideas register
Labour peer Lord Alli, the founder of former Big Breakfast producer Planet 24, has called for the government to set up a public register where independent producers can 'patent' original programme ideas to prevent them being stolen, writes by David Rose
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NewsUS report warns of regulation disaster
The government this week pressed on with proposals to liberalise British broadcasting in the face of a mounting backlash from the House of Lords and a report from a leading US academic warning the plans would 'lead to disaster', writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsSkinner rapped for disabled jokes
Comedian Frank Skinner has been accused of over-stepping the mark for mimicking people with physical disabilities during an episode of ITV1's Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBBC complaints double
The BBC received more than twice as many complaints from viewers about its programmes in the last year than in the previous year, according to its Programme Complaints Unit and Governors' Programme Complaints Committee findings published today, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsFurther scrutiny for toddler ads
Ministers are facing renewed pressure to slap a ban on TV advertising promoting high fat food during programmes screened for under five-year-olds, writes David Rose
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NewsPeacock appointed to Ofcom press role
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has made another senior appointment at the new super regulator, drafting in former BBC news reporter Matt Peacock as director of communications, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsJowell gives BBC online deadline
Media secretary Tessa Jowell today gave the BBC until the end of June to justify the£112m it spends annually on online and interactive services, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBroadcasters want end to targets
Commercial terrestrial broadcasters have called on Ofcom to scrap the 'box ticking' regulations that force them to meet output targets in public service genres, writes Colin Robertson
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ITV rapped over soap and celebs
ITV1's current affairs and heavy scheduling of soaps during 2002 have come under fire in the Independent Television Commission's (ITC) annual report, writes Michael Rosser
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ITC boss issues Ofcom warning
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson has issued a stark warning to Ofcom not to place competition over content when it is passed the torch later this year, writes Michael Rosser