All Regulation articles – Page 145
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Row brews over DTT bids.
A row has broken out between the BBC and ITV after the corporation threatened to withhold support for digital terrestrial television if ITV's bid to take over the former ITV Digital multiplexes succeeded, writes Paul Revoir
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CRCA U-turns on changes
The commercial radio companies are set for a head-on collision with their regulator, the Radio Authority, when they appear before the joint committee examining the communications bill on Monday (24 June), writes Lucy Rouse
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Radio Authority may relax local news rule
The Radio Authority is considering dropping rules that force local radio stations to produce and broadcast news from within their own catchment areas in order to allow news operations to consolidate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC 3 verdict expected before recess
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is expected to announce her long-awaited decision on the BBC's proposed new digital youth channel, BBC 3, next month, ending almost a year of tense politicking , writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC opposes US investment
The BBC has added its voice to concern over the government's plans to allow US investment in ITV, claiming that the new rule should be iced until the Bush administration in the US grants the same concessions to UK broadcasters, writes David Rose
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ITC CLEARS TARRANT.
Presenter Chris Tarrant has been cleared by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) over suggestions he made
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EU to press US to free market.
EU officials are to press their counterparts in Washington to open up the US TV market
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BBC at loggerheads with OFT over fair trade rules.
The BBC and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cannot agree where the buck stops on contentious fair trading issues, in a row that puts further pressure on the BBC to come under Ofcom, writes Lucy Rouse
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The BBC and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cannot agree where the buck stops on contentious fair trading issues, in a row that puts further pressure on the BBC to come under Ofcom, writes Lucy Rouse
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PROFILE - The media maverick.
Media select committee chairman Gerald Kaufman is not one for towing the party line. He says the comms bill is a 'dog's breakfast' and the BBC should be privatised
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CONTENT REGULATION - The right balance?
Will the comms bill's light-touch approach to content regulation be enough to protect indies and the diversity of British TV?
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Treasury reviews tax.
The treasury is reconsidering its decision to exclude all television productions from lucrative sale and leaseback
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NEW BROADBAND TSAR.
The Department of Trade & Industry has appointed schools minister Stephen Timms as e-commerce minister, replacing
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BBC SEEKS SCHOOLS OK.
The BBC has applied to the government for approval of its proposed #150m digital curriculum, amid
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Banzai guilty of blasphemy.
The Broadcasting Standards Council has branded an episode of Channel 4's risque betting show Banzai as
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Ofcom debate rages on.
The debate over whether the BBC should come under Ofcom continued this week as media secretary
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Banzai guilty of blasphemy
The Broadcasting Standards Council has branded an episode of Channel 4's risqué betting show Banzai as blasphemous, writes Steve Aston
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NewsJowell clarifies BBC / Ofcom relationship
Media secretary Tessa Jowell outlined details of the BBC's proposed relationship with new super regulator Ofcom on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of bringing the corporation fully under the new regulator's remit, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Public given say in comms bill debate.
MPs and Peers examining the draft communications bill will allow the public to contribute their views
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EC OKs new BBC services.
The European Commission has given its approval to the BBC's new digital radio and television services after ruling they were not anti-competitive, writes Leigh Holmwood