All Regulation articles – Page 143
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NewsITV in breach of Broadcasting Act over World Cup coverage
ITV's decision to shunt some its World Cup coverage to digital channel ITV 2 saw a deluge of complaints to the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Steve Aston
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Radio industry raps Puttnam
Lord Puttnam this week stood accused of ignoring the concerns of the radio industry after his joint committee's report on the draft communications bill stonewalled pleas to formally reject the proposed 'three plus one' local radio ownership rule, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ADVERTISER-FUNDED PROGRAMMING - Cometh the hour cometh the ad man.
Declining advertising revenues have forced broadcasters to re-examine the potential of advertiser-funded television. But many fear they will lose editorial independence as well as revenues from conventional spot advertising
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TRADE TALK - Currying favour.
Lord David Currie is to be the inaugural chair of Ofcom, but do his qualifications extend further than being a supporter of the government?
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ITV companies end pay freeze.
Carlton and Granada are showing some green shoots of recovery by putting an end to their freeze on staff salaries, writes Steve Aston
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BSC RULES ON FRYER.
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) received over 150 complaints about an episode of BBC 1 series
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Currie: Ofcom could rule BBC.
Moves to bring the BBC under the aegis of new super-regulator Ofcom would be 'workable' according
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MPs pressure Jowell to safeguard indie rights.
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has come under powerful parliamentary pressure to review broadcasters treatment of independent
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Currie: Ofcom could rule BBC
Moves to bring the BBC under the aegis of new super-regulator Ofcom would be 'workable' according to its new chairman Lord David Currie, despite the government's steadfast opposition to the idea, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsPact chair Gallagher applauds Puttnam report
Independent producers 'could not have asked for more' from Lord Puttnam's report on the communications bill, Pact chairman Eileen Gallagher said on Wednesday (31 July), writes Lucy Rouse
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NewsBBC 1 rapped for Spooks violence
A scene in an episode of BBC1 drama Spooks in which a woman's head was shoved into a deep fat fryer attracted over 150 complaints, the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) revealed today, writes Steve Aston
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NewsLib-Dems attack communications bill
The Liberal Democrats today attacked the government's draft communications bill for relying too heavily on competition between broadcasters and called for 'greater transparency' regarding the BBC's commercial activities, writes Penny Hughes
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Ofcom fines are 'threat to rights'.
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has been warned that the government will violate broadcasters' human rights if
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Isle of Wight TV licence changes hands.
The company which runs the Isle of Wight local TV service, TV12, has effectively been put out of business after losing its broadcasting licence to a rival company, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ITC BANS MOTORWAY.
The Independent Television Commission has banned an episode of Carlton's regional series Motorway after it repeated
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Whittingdale bags Yeo's job.
The Conservative Party is gearing up to push for further liberalisation in the broadcasting industry after
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NewsCurrie to be first head of Ofcom
Lord David Currie of Marylebone has been appointed the first chairman of new super-regulator Ofcom, media secretary Tessa Jowell announced today , writes Leigh Holmwood
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Ofcom fines are 'threat to rights'
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has been warned that the government will violate broadcasters' human rights if it presses ahead with plans to levy huge fines for breaches of licences, writes David Rose
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NewsITC bans Carlton's Motorway
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has slapped a ban on an episode of Carlton's regional factual series Motorway after it repeated footage of an injured lorry driver who had already had a complaint against the programme upheld, writes Steve Aston
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SPECTRUM REPORTS.
The government has published two reports outlining its proposals to introduce spectrum trading and recognised spectrum