All Regulation articles – Page 55
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NewsAnimation UK plans Westminster campaign
The Wombles, Bob the Builder and Rastamouse could be paying a visit to Westminster as Animation UK’s call for tax breaks gets louder.
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NewsBBC pilots system for lighter-touch compliance
The BBC is running a series of pilots within its editorial policy department to establish whether a simplified compliance system could exist without compromising standards.
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NewsBectu: retransmission fees are a scandal
Bectu has waded into the retransmission fees row, slamming the current scenario in which PSBs pay BSkyB to appear on the platform as scandalous.
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NewsBBC regains control over online spending
The BBC has sufficiently tightened up controls over how much it spends on its online division, the Trust has found.
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NewsBBC apologises for "misleading" MP reports
The BBC has apologised on air to Tory MP Andrew Tyrie for insinuating he had been influenced by Downing Street advisers, admitting its news reports “fell below our usual standards”.
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NewsGaddafi coverage sparks 563 complaints
Graphic coverage of Colonel Gaddafi’s death on several news channels attracted 79 complaints to Ofcom and a further 484 to the BBC.
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CommentChristopher Lunn plays final hand
In the protracted investigation into Christopher Lunn & Company, the firm’s proprietor may well have played his last hand, writes Jake Kanter.
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NewsBBC: no need for licence fee reform
The BBC is unlikely to call for a change to the scope of its licence fee remit until the next Charter renewal in 2016/17, Broadcast understands.
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NewsBacon admits self-censorship due to BBC concerns
Broadcaster Richard Bacon has said he often self-censors as a result of nervousness around causing offence at the BBC.
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NewsBBC Trust to examine Arab Spring coverage
The BBC Trust is embarking on a review of the corporation’s coverage of the year’s series of uprisings known as the Arab Spring.
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NewsInvestigations funding "vulnerable", warns film makers
Award winning film maker Roger Graef and former Panorama executive Roger Bolton have warned that funding for investigative journalism is “very vulnerable”, calling for a statutory obligation to be introduced.
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NewsMPs attack BBC over local radio
The BBC was attacked by 50 MPs in the House of Commons this morning, over its planned cuts to local radio.
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NewsS4C secures funding to 2017
S4C has secured funding security up to 2017, when the BBC will renew its Charter, safeguarding the Welsh broadcaster for a further two years.
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NewsThis Morning rapped over Amanda Holden promotion
ITV1’s This Morning has been rapped for allowing Amanda Holden to plug her association with a WH Smith legal aid campaign.
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NewsOfcom rejects Sheridan privacy complaints
Ofcom has rejected two privacy complaints launched by former Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail.
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NewsOfcom clears Sri Lanka's Killing Fields doc
C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has hailed ITN Production’s journalism and the broadcaster’s “meticulous legal and compliance scrutiny” after Ofcom rejected almost 120 complaints about Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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NewsWhittingdale uses Knox trial to justify cameras in court
The televising of the Amanda Knox trial helped John Whittingdale understand the case and sympathise with her, he revealed at a debate about allowing cameras into the court room.
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NewsITV and Pact back in talks over terms
ITV and Pact are back in negotiations over concerns that the broadcaster is increasingly ignoring the Terms of Trade.
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NewsS4C calls for funding guarantees
S4C must be given funding guarantees by the government and BBC if the Welsh language broadcaster is to retain its independence, the chairman claims.
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Ofcom clears Al Jazeera over 'Palestine Papers'
Ofcom has ruled that Al Jazeera did not breach any broadcast rules in its publication of secret papers detailing the last decade of Israeli-Palestine peace talks.