All Regulation articles – Page 137
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NewsOfcom ready to go on Dec 15
New super-regulator Ofcom will be up and running and ready to begin work by mid-December, it was announced today, writes Luke Satchell
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News£12m-a-year saving for Five
Five will save around£12 million a year under new terms for its analogue TV licence drawn up with the Independent Television Commission, writes John Plunkett
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NewsBBC accounts to be probed by Parliament
BBC chiefs are set to be forced to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the£2.5bn a-year-licence fee, writes David Rose
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NewsShadow media secretary attacks licence fee
Shadow media secretary John Whittingdale has pressed for more powers to be given to Ofcom to consider alternatives to the license fee and to adjudicate complaints about the BBC, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsITC raps Richard and Judy - again
King and queen of daytime Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan have once more been reprimanded by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for plugging goods on their show, this time the product in question being their own autobiography, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsJones calls for Ofcom to review conditional access charges
ITV managing director Clive Jones has called for Ofcom to review the current system for conditional access charges incurred by public service broadcasters (PSBs) for carriage on BSkyB's satellite platform, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsCox calls for BSkyB bundling investigation
Channel 4 deputy chairman Barry Cox is to argue that one of Ofcom's first tasks should be to embark on a detailed scrutiny of satellite broadcaster BSkyB's practice of channel bundling, writes David Wood
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NewsC4 rapped for ?C' word outburst
Channel 4 has been hauled up before the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after it broke one taboo too many - allowing a presenter to say 'you fucking cunt' live on air, writes John Plunkett
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NewsNUJ opposes foreign ownership plans
The National Union of Journalists will lobby Parliament next week over plans to open up terrestrial TV channels to foreign ownership, writes John Plunkett
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NewsJowell moves to safeguard Five programming
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has moved to head off a showdown with the House of Lords amid fears peers will try to bar Rupert Murdoch from making a bid for Five, writes David Rose
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TASK FOR SKILLSET.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has asked industry training body Skillset to set up a task force
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Carter goes on message.
Hours after being appointed as Ofcom chief executive, Stephen Carter was already in public servant mode.His
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Ofcom to get Carter and new London home.
Ofcom took two giant steps towards launch this week after chairman Lord Currie unveiled the regulator's
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NewsC4's public autopsy cleared
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has cleared Channel 4 over its controversial move to screen a live public autopsy, writes Steve Aston
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Carter goes on message
Hours after being appointed as Ofcom chief executive, Stephen Carter was already in public servant mode, writes Conor Dignam.
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NewsHowells throws out carriage charge claims
Broadcasting Minister Kim Howells has rejected complaints from terrestrial broadcasters that BSkyB is overcharging them to carry their channels, writes David Rose
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Higher ITC fees anger channels.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) faces a row with broadcasters after increasing the fees it charges
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Ofcom director wants more power.
David Edmonds, one of Ofcom's most senior directors, has called for increased powers for the super-regulator to police public service broadcasting beyond those already outlined in the Communications Bill, writes Jon Rogers.
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Jowell amends bill to protect indie sector.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has handed independent producers a significant boost by accepting all but two of the recommendations in the Independent Television Commission (ITC) programme supply review, writes Luke Satchell.
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NewsNo further BBC role for Ofcom
The government has effectively drawn a line under calls for the BBC to come under the full control of Ofcom, declaring that any wide ranging review into the corporation's activities will not take place until the run up to Charter Renewal, writes David Wood