All Regulation articles – Page 52
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NewsUK loses out on drama cash
The UK economy lost out on nearly £12m from BBC1’s Parade’s End and Sky 1’s Strike Back because the lack of a UK tax credit for high-end drama drove both productions overseas.
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NewsGambling Commission to call for tighter control
The Gambling Commission (GC) is to recommend a tightening up of TV game show regulations as ITV prepares to ditch the giant roulette wheel that forms the centrepiece of Simon Cowell’s Red Or Black?.
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FeaturesTax breaks clamour grows
The UK’s foremost high-end drama producers and directors have joined the call to arms for the TV tax break campaign.
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NewsAnimation UK steps up fight for tax credits
Animation UK has been keeping up the momentum of its tax credits campaign with an eleventh-hour meeting with the Treasury.
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NewsC4's Proud and Prejudiced under fire
Channel 4 doc Proud and Prejudiced has been slammed by Luton Borough Council, Unite Against Fascism and the English Defence League for its portrayal of Luton and extremism within it.
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NewsDCMS calls for TV tax breaks
The DCMS has called on the Treasury to safeguard the future of British-made animation and high-end drama by introducing tax breaks, Broadcast has learned.
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News‘Tax breaks can earn the UK £1bn’
Tax breaks for British-made high-end drama would “transform” the industry and could yield a net return of £1bn annually to the UK economy, a report submitted to the government has claimed.
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CommentSurvival depends on tax breaks
Treasury must listen to the cause of British animation and drama.
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NewsGovernment to consider retransmission fees
The government is to consider whether broadcasters should pay to appear on paid-for platforms such as BSkyB as part of the Communications Bill, it has confirmed.
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NewsJeremy Clarkson's union rant cleared by Ofcom
Jeremy Clarkson’s rant against striking union members was not in breach of broadcasting codes, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsComedy Central rapped over swearing and nudity
Topless college girls and swearing have landed Comedy Central in trouble following an unedited airing of The Dukes of Hazzard before the watershed.
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NewsCRR set to stay for Comms Act
ITV is unlikely to be handed relief from its advertising trading restrictions, the Contract Rights Renewal scheme (CRR), in the government’s new Communications Act.
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NewsCountryfile's Thorman to leave BBC
Andrew Thorman, named as having contributed to the discrimination and victimisation of Miriam O’Reilly during last year’s tribunal, is leaving the BBC after 35 years.
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NewsGovt backs cameras in courts
The Government has reiterated its commitment to lifting the ban on cameras in court for the first time since Justice Minister Ken Clarke set out the ambition six months ago.
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NewsBelieve TV fined £25,000
The firm behind Christian broadcaster Believe TV has been fined £25,000 after claiming to offer a cure for cancer.
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NewsOfcom issues warning to Shi'a channel
Ofcom has put Shi’a satellite channel Ahlulbayt on a warning and called its management in for a meeting to discuss compliance procedures - three weeks after revoking the licence for Iran’s English language channel Press TV.
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NewsSkillset to boost creative apprenticeships
Skillset will financially incentivise 500 small creative businesses to take on their first apprentices, it has announced today.
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NewsBroadcasters lobby Cameron for cameras in court
The BBC, Sky and ITN have sent a letter to the Prime Minister David Cameron and party leaders Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, to urge the ban on cameras in court to be lifted.
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NewsCall for more action on equality
Speakers at Equality Act event say industry is still not doing enough about on-screen diversity.
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NewsAge portrayal not a priority, viewers say
Entertaining programmes are far more important than accurate portrayal of the nation’s age demographics, a study by the Creative Diversity Network has found.