All Regulation articles – Page 41
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NewsDesmond calls for ‘level playing field’ with digital platforms
Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has weighed into the retransmission fees debate and called on the government to ensure public sector broadcasters are protected from pressure from UK platforms such as Sky and US giants such as Amazon.
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NewsWhat now for the BBC Trust?
The future of the BBC Trust looks increasingly uncertain after a bruising encounter with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) threw the corporation’s governance failings into sharp focus.
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NewsBBC launches major governance review
The BBC is to launch a “comprehensive” review of its governance structure after MPs argued that current arrangements are “broken” in the wake of the payoffs fiasco.
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NewsBBC Trust is “broken” say MPs
MPs at today’s Public Accounts Committee hearing were repeatedly “astounded” that the BBC Trust did not ask former DG Mark Thompson more rigorous questions about the “eye-watering” £1.02m paid to his former deputy Mark Byford.
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NewsITV censured for BGT striptease
ITV has been rapped for broadcasting a pre-watershed striptease on Britain’s Got More Talent that “clearly crossed the line”.
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NewsBBC Trust ‘faces axe’ in payoffs row
The government is weighing up abolishing the BBC Trust as part a major overhaul of the corporation’s governance, according to a report.
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NewsOfcom launches major study into TV violence
Ofcom has commissioned a major piece of research into viewers’ attitudes to violence on television – as Hollyoaks was rapped for a pre-wateshed fight scene that featured a character being killed by a speeding train.
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NewsBBC1 doc pulled after Naked Rambler arrested
BBC1 documentary The Naked Rambler, scheduled to air tonight, has been postponed after Stephen Gough was arrested for refusing to wear clothes in public.
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NewsOfcom finds C5 murder doc guilty
Channel 5 crime doc Murder Files has been found in breach of Ofcom regulations for broadcasting violent scenes before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsOfcom: no relief for BT over Sky Sports
Sky Sports will not be available via BT’s YouView service for the start of the Premier League season after Ofcom refused to grant the telco interim relief.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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NewsStewart Purvis joins C4 board
Former ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis has been appointed to the Channel 4 board as part of a shake-up following the departure of Tony Hall to the BBC.
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NewsDCMS to abolish retransmission fees
The government plans to abolish retransmission fees and has set out plans to preserve the prominence of PSB broadcasters in a wide-ranging policy paper.
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NewsDCMS aims to protect PSB content on digital platforms
The DCMS will set out measures to protect the prominence of PSBs on new content platforms in the long-awaited Communications Act strategy paper this week.
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NewsOfcom clears Utopia in child violence investigation
Utopia, the controversial Channel 4 drama that featured a shooting in a school, has been cleared by an Ofcom investigation.
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NewsNUJ slams ITV regional news cuts
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has launched a scathing attack on ITV’s plans to cut its regional news coverage - branding the move a “major blow to public broadcasting”.
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NewsMiller writes to BBC over sexist sports coverage
Culture secretary Maria Miller has written a sharply worded letter to Tony Hall asking if the BBC plans to take action over John Inverdale’s comments about Wimbledon women’s champion Marion Bartoli.
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NewsAnjem Choudary interviews to be probed
Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether Anjem Choudary’s appearance on Newsnight, Daybreak and Channel 4 News following Drummer Lee Rigby’s murder was editorially justified.
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NewsPatten: BBC Trust's hands tied over severance pay
Lord Patten has questioned whether the BBC Trust should be given more power to interrogate BBC executive pay after the governing body came under fire over severance deals.
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NewsBBC bosses face payoff questions
BBC director general Tony Hall and Trust chairman Lord Patten are to be questioned by MPs today on the corporation’s “unacceptable” payoffs.