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NewsEU gives BBC's new digital services the all-clear
The European Commission has given approval to the BBC's new digital radio and television services after ruling they were not anti-competitive, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Kaufman raps bill as 'unimaginative'.
Gerald Kaufman MP, chair of the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee, has
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NewsITC says commercial stations can't meet public-service requirements
The definition of public service broadcasting laid out in the draft Communications Bill is too demanding to be met by commercial stations, according to the Independent Television Commission, writes Steve Aston
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BBC to up foreign coverage
The BBC is to increase its commitment to primetime foreign affairs programming as media secretary Tessa Jowell comes under pressure to force broadcasters to give added emphasis to the genre through the communications bill, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsProduction Show news: Kaufman slams Communications Bill
Gerald Kaufman MP, Chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has attacked the new Communications Bill, writes Peter Keighron
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NewsMPs to examine Ofcom and the BBC
Parliament is to reopen the controversy of whether the BBC should be brought under the control of Ofcom like other broadcasters as the joint committee of peers and MPs this week began their three-month-long examination of the draft Communications Bill, writes David Rose
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Equity slams standard of drama at C5.
Actors' Union Equity has slammed Channel 5 over its 'dismal level of drama', writes Georgina Lipscomb.The
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Liddiment raps plans for Ofcom.
ITV director of channels David Liddiment has criticised the government's plans to establish super-regulator Ofcom, claiming
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BBC defends school record.
The BBC has moved to scotch suggestions that it is risking the future of schools programming
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Joint committee begins examination of bill.
The industry has until 2 August to submit written evidence to the joint committee examining the
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Sky bolsters case in competition row.
BSkyB has handed its written representations to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), defending charges that
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ITV pushes for 'psychic' TV.
ITV and Granada are understood to be lobbying the Independent Television Commission to change the rules
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Bectu lobbies DCMS for ITV Digital staff.
Further pressure was heaped on the government this week to intervene in the ITV Digital debacle
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NewsITC receives interest in DTT platform
The ITC has announced that it has received expressions of interest over the digital terrestrial television multiplexes that have been re-advertised following the collapse of ITV Digital. But the watchdog in keeping tight-lipped about the identity of the applicants, who have to submit their final detailed bids by 30 May, ...
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NewsITV drops 'On Screen Nexts' from drama
ITV's experiment of trailing programmes on screen before the current programme has finished has been axed from drama after complaints from viewers, writes Steve Aston.The Independent Television Commission (ITC) received a
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Cheff to launch a unified spec.
The Chief Engineers of Facilities Forum (Cheff), the UK facilities trade body, is to launch a
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LEADER - TV needs a successor to S&L.
The government is this week rubbing salt into producers' wounds still smarting from the abrupt removal
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TELETEXT WINS LICENCE TO RUN C5 TEXTING.
Teletext has been awarded the licence to run text services on Channel 5, the Independent Television
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BBC kicks off rejig of board of governors.
The BBC has taken the first step in the shake-up of its board of governors, unveiling plans to publish separate reports from its two programme complaints bodies for the first time and appointing former BBC production chief executive Ron Neil as an editori
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SOAPS MORE VIOLENT.
Violence in soaps and light entertainment programmes has increased over the past few years, according to