All Regulation articles – Page 79

  • News

    Rights groups seek change to Pay-TV terms

    2010-01-21T07:00:00Z

    Producers’ rights association Agicoa and royalties collector Compact Media Group are calling for a change to UK legislation that would force pay-TV operators to stump up for rights-clearance fees.

  • Sky
    News

    Ruling on BSkyB's ITV stake due tomorrow

    2010-01-20T16:53:00Z

    BSkyB will be told tomorrow whether it can keep its controversial 17.9% stake in commercial broadcaster ITV.

  • Ed Vaizey
    News

    Tories would scrap local news pilots

    2010-01-19T13:45:00Z

    The Conservatives will rip up any IFNC contracts if they win the forthcoming election, shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey has revealed.

  • The X Factor
    News

    ITV fury at CRR ruling

    2010-01-19T11:26:00Z

    ITV has condemned the Competition Commission’s decision to keep the broadcaster’s Contract Rights Renewal scheme in place, claiming the watchdog’s proposal flies in the face of overwhelming evidence that the advertising mechanism is outdated.

  • ITV
    News

    ITV dealt ad blow by watchdog

    2010-01-19T09:33:00Z

    ITV bosses have been given just two weeks to convince the Competition Commission to relax its Contract Rights Renewal scheme, after the watchdog again rejected the commercial broadcaster’s plea to loosen its advertising “straightjacket”.

  • TV
    News

    Indies missing millions from secondary rights, report claims

    2010-01-18T11:21:00Z

    UK indies are missing out on millions of pounds in revenue from secondary rights and policy changes are needed to address the issue, a new report claims.

  • Ed Richards
    News

    Ofcom set to relax ad sales

    2010-01-18T10:45:00Z

    Ofcom is poised to relax rules on advertising sales in its first review of the practice in seven years.

  • iPlayer on Virgin
    News

    BBC Trust to review iPlayer

    2010-01-15T12:07:00Z

    The BBC Trust has fired the starting gun on a major review of the iPlayer and all of the BBC’s on-demand television services.

  • Being Human
    News

    Think tank takes aim at BBC3

    2010-01-14T07:00:00Z

    A political think tank with close links to the Tory party is proposing a massive PSB shake-up that would see the BBC overhauled and BBC3 radically reworked or axed.

  • Cricket
    News

    Ashes TV decision 'before election'

    2010-01-13T10:00:00Z

    Home Ashes test cricket matches could soon be returned to free-to-air television when a decision is made on Britain’s sporting “crown jewels” before the general election, it has been confirmed.

  • Pints
    News

    MPs propose 9pm watershed for alcohol ads

    2010-01-08T11:35:00Z

    The House of Commons health select committee has suggested banning TV ads for alcohol before 9pm.

  • Fru Hazlitt
    News

    Panel named to choose regional news pilots

    2010-01-08T11:18:00Z

    Fru Hazlitt, Stewart Purvis and former Ofcom deputy chair Richard Hooper are among those who will help decide which companies win the right to produce the forthcoming independent regional news pilots on ITV.

  • Coronation Street
    News

    TV hits back in placement row

    2010-01-07T08:43:00Z

    ITV and Pact have joined forces to slam the “alarmist hype” around product placement, urging the government not to be swayed by the views of “ill-informed” opponents.

  • BBC
    News

    BBC Trust to investigate science coverage

    2010-01-06T16:06:00Z

    The BBC Trust is to launch a review of the “accuracy and impartiality” of the corporation’s science reporting.

  • American Idol
    News

    ISBA slams product placement model

    2010-01-06T09:54:00Z

    Paid-for product placement could lead to a “double disadvantage” for UK broadcasters, according to the advertising industry body.

  • News

    ITV F1 competition broke Ofcom rules

    2009-12-21T14:30:00Z

    Ofcom has ruled that an ITV Formula 1 competition in which no prize was awarded breached its rules.

  • News

    Product placement ban kicks in for kids' TV imports

    2009-12-16T11:51:00Z

    Ofcom has formally banned all product placement in children’s TV programmes that air the UK, including shows imported from America.

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    News

    Kids in TV review to focus on "grey area" reality shows

    2009-12-14T12:59:00Z

    Former Ofcom adviser Sarah Thane is to lead the government’s review of the law surrounding children in entertainment, which promises to clamp down on the “grey area” of reality TV.

  • Pedigree Dogs
    News

    Pedigree Dogs was "on the money", producer claims

    2009-12-09T14:46:00Z

    Pedigree Dogs Exposed producer Jemima Harrison has claimed today’s Ofcom ruling as a victory after it rejected Kennel Club allegations that the doc was unfairly edited.

  • Pedigree Dogs Exposed
    News

    Ofcom rules against Pedigree Dogs Exposed

    2009-12-09T13:44:00Z

    Ofcom has upheld three of 19 complaints against BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, despite coming under severe pressure from the corporation.