All Regulation articles – Page 62
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NewsHunt: BBC not always right
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the BBC does not always get it right on issues of political impartiality - before saying the corporation would be a “deity” if they achieved it on every occasion.
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NewsGovernment calls for opinions in Comms law review
The government is calling on broadcasters and producers to demonstrate how to future proof the industry, as it opens the first stage of consultation for the new Communications Bill.
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NewsClive Jones: local TV plans 'not dead'
Former ITV managing director Clive Jones is to chair the Channel 6 bid to run the government’s local TV network and claimed that rumours of the plan’s demise are “exaggerated”.
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NewsBBC to publish guidance on hiring and firing stars
The BBC is set to publish guidance for producers on how to avoid legal pitfalls when hiring and firing on-screen talent, following Miriam O’Reilly’s successful discrimination suit last year.
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NewsPatten: BBC must apologise faster
The BBC should respond to complaints more quickly and present a united front when doing so, the new Trust chairman has said.
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NewsMPs slam S4C funding move
The speed with which the government and BBC agreed to fund S4C from the licence fee was “regrettable”, a report by the Welsh Affairs select committee has said.
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NewsNew guidance for music videos
Music TV channels will be issued with new guidance after an unedited version of Rihanna’s controversial S&M video was broadcast before the watershed.
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NewsOfcom: C4 series infringed privacy
Ofcom has censured Channel 4 doc The Ugly Face of Beauty after a row between a contributor and the producer, Crackit Productions.
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NewsJaney Walker resurfaces at Ofcom
Janey Walker, Channel 4’s former managing editor of commissioning, is to join Ofcom to help set and enforce television and radio standards.
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NewsBBC compliance to be 'dialled down'
The head of BBC’s editorial policy team has said he will look at reducing compliance requirements where possible – though stressed regulation would never become “light touch”.
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NewsBBC Trust rejects three complaints
The BBC Trust has rejected two sets of viewer complaints about daytime programmes and one about a radio jingle.
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NewsThompson faces down Lords over compliance
Mark Thompson has given an impassioned defence of the BBC’s compliance system to the House of Lords communications committee.
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NewsBT loses file sharing legal battle
New legislation designed to tackle illegal internet file sharing and to protect intellectual property rights online was given the backing of the High Court today (April 20).
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NewsOfcom clears raunchy X Factor performances - just
Ofcom is to revise the rules governing family entertainment shows after ruling that The X Factor final performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were “at the very margin of acceptability”.
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NewsChristopher Lunn faces battle with former clients over fees
Hundreds of former clients of accountant Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) are locked in a battle with the firm over unpaid fees.
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NewsBroadcasters and indies rally against relaxing IP laws
The UK’s biggest commercial broadcasters and Pact have argued that relaxing intellectual property (IP) laws could “seriously undermine” investment in content.
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NewsMedia deals process 'needs reform'
An independent body should assess media deals such as the planned News Corporation takeover of BSkyB, Tory ex-Cabinet minister Lord Fowler has said.
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NewsKatie Price takes aim at C4
Katie Price has attacked the lack of punishment for Channel 4 after Ofcom found Frankie Boyle’s joke about her son in breach of its guidelines, and questioned C4’s role as the Paralympics broadcaster.
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NewsOfcom ruling expected on Boyle joke
Ofcom is expected to reveal its decision over Frankie Boyle’s joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey this week.
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NewsBBC stands firm over government ads
The BBC has said it will continue to resist the government’s wish to run advertising for charities or community groups on any of its platforms, arguing it would compromise the broadcaster’s independence.