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CommentLocal TV: govt embraces the internet
Jeremy Hunt appears to have had a Damascene moment on the road to local television, writes Tony Ballard.
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NewsJeremy Hunt outlines local TV plans
UK broadcasters will be able to win a higher slot on the EPG if they engage with the government’s local TV agenda.
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NewsLeaked list points to Ofcom merger
Ofcom looks set to be merged after appearing on a leaked “bonfire of the quangos” list, which also suggests the future of the BBC World Service is being considered.
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NewsScreen England locked in funding talks with DCMS
The UK’s regional screen agencies will have to wait around a month for clarity on their future funding.
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NewsWatchdog to look at BBC finances
Auditors from the National Audit Office are to be given greater freedom to inspect the BBC’s finances, under the terms of a deal to be announced today (22 Sep).
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NewsOfcom hands over VOD regulation
Ofcom has handed responsibility for editorial complaints concerning online and VOD content to the Association for TV On Demand (ATVOD) .
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NewsEast of England projects thrown lifeline
The country’s regional screen agencies could throw TV and film projects in the East of England a lifeline after Screen East collapsed last week.
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NewsBBC licence fee to be frozen
The BBC Trust is proposing to freeze the licence fee at £145.50 over the next two years, resulting in a £144m cut to the BBC’s budget.
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NewsCopyright laws 'will price many out of broadband'
Changes to online copyright law could make broadband “unaffordable” for thousands of people, a consumer group has said.
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NewsDigital radio switchover date "too early"
The government has been warned that its plan to switch over radio to digital by 2015 is “far too early” in a report for the Departure of Culture, Media and Sport.
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NewsOfcom: Talksport broke compliance rules
Talksport Radio has been rapped by regulator Ofcom over compliance procedures in shows presented by sacked DJ Jon Gaunt.
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NewsHunt: BBC cuts would not hurt UK content
Any cuts to the BBC’s funding will not affect the corporation’s investment in UK content, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsTomalin and Graef join the compliance debate
Jan Tomalin and Roger Graef have waded into the debate over compliance, warning that the issue needs to be addressed for the good of the industry.
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NewsCall to extend FoI law to media organisations
A Labour former minister has called for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to be extended to apply to media organisations.
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NewsGovernment moves to relax CRR
EDINBURGH: The government has moved to relax the ITV Contract Rights Renewal scheme and indicated that it could support a full review of the television advertising market.
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NewsFood giants lose battle over Dispatches claims
Cereal manufacturers Nestle and Kellogg’s have lost their challenge against an edition of Dispatches that they claim unfairly portrayed them as targeting children with unhealthy foods.
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NewsITV cleared over World Cup goal gaffe
Ofcom has rejected 823 complaints from ITV1 HD viewers who missed England’s first World Cup goal due when the channel aired a sponsorship bumper.
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NewsVirgin rapped over Naked Office
Ofcom has censured Virgin 1’sThe Naked Office for featuring inappropriate content before the watershed - but over bad language rather than nudity.
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NewsDon’t demonise piracy, says IT Crowd creator
Graham Linehan, the writer behind comedy The IT Crowd, has said the entertainment industry is gambling with its future by “ignoring or criminalising” the issue of piracy.
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NewsOfcom examines local media ownership rules
Ofcom has been asked to consider the effects of further relaxation of regional media ownership rules, it announced.