All Regulation articles – Page 54
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NewsVaizey: EPG reward for broadcasters that invest
OXFORD: The government is considering a major shake-up of the electronic programme guide to reward broadcasters that invest in UK content.
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NewsGypsy Blood sparks 289 complaints
Channel 4 documentary Gypsy Blood has sparked hundreds of complaints from viewers over scenes of dogs attacking deer and cock fighting.
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NewsBBC and C4 reveal PI usage at Leveson Inquiry
The BBC and Channel 4 News have revealed how much they have spent on private investigators at the Leveson inquiry.
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NewsOfcom slams ITV over IRA doc blunder
Ofcom has delivered a damning verdict of the blunder that led ITV1 to include video game footage in a hard-hitting documentary about the IRA.
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NewsC5 rapped over phone-in competition
Channel 5 has been found in breach of Ofcom rules for running a premium rate phone-in competition that had closed when promoted on air.
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NewsAnimation UK urges tax breaks from Osborne
The makers of Wallace and Gromit, Peppa Pig and In the Night Garden have written to chancellor George Osborne urging him to create a “level playing field” for UK animators to compete on the world stage.
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NewsOfcom revokes Press TV licence
Iranian news channel Press TV has had its licence revoked by Ofcom after failing to comply with regulator’s guidelines on editorial control.
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NewsDeverell leaving BBC for Ofcom
Richard Deverell is to leave the BBC less than a year after he was charged with overseeing the corporation’s exit from W12.
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NewsBroadcasters swerve red tape on film
Broadcasters are attempting to swerve suggestions that the government create new red tape to encourage investment in the film industry, arguing that levels of support should be determined by commercial interests.
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NewsReport: Film needs greater support from TV
The UK’s main broadcasters should increase their investment in British films and programming around the subject, a major review of the industry has said today.
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NewsAlan Carr special sparks 42 complaints
Ofcom has received 42 complaints over Alan Carr’s New Year Specstacular, which helped ring in 2012 on Channel 4.
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NewsMPs urge more transparency from C4
MPs have voiced more concerns about Channel 4’s transparency and accountability in fulfilling its public service remit - and reacted to the broadcaster’s handling of the Frankie Boyle controversy.
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NewsOfcom gets tough on TV psychics
Ofcom has published guidance on psychic television services which bans practices related to the occult and offered advice on the use of props.
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NewsRadio crackdown on offensive language
Ofcom has released new guidance for radio broadcasters as part of a crackdown on offensive language following a spate of recent cases.
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NewsStaffer takes BBC to high court over pension
A BBC staffer is being backed by two unions in a High Court appeal against changes to the corporation’s pension scheme.
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NewsOfcom rules out full-scale TV ad review
Ofcom has decided against referring the television advertising market to the Competition Commission (CC).
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NewsUK leads online TV consumption
TV audiences in the UK are more comfortable watching content online than viewers in some the world’s biggest economic powerhouses.
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NewsThompson turns table on tabloids over Frozen Planet
The BBC’s director general has turned the tables on tabloid reports of Frozen Planet fakery suggesting it has more to do with the corporation’s coverage of the Leveson inquiry than polar bears.
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NewsPatten: sacking Clarkson would be dangerous precedent
Sacking Jeremy Clarkson for saying public sector strikers should be shot would set dangerous precedents, the chairman of the BBC Trust has said.
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NewsIndies in frame to run first 20 local TV licences
Preston, Grimsby and Swansea are among 20 locations earmarked by Ofcom as the first to receive a local TV licence – and the government will consult on allowing indies to run them.