All Regulation articles – Page 85
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NewsCeleb Big Brother cleared over Coolio complaints
Ofcom has rejected 527 complaints about both the behaviour and depiction of rapper Coolio in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
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MPs reject licence fee freeze
More than 150 MPs voted to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level yesterday - but the Tory motion was comfortably defeated in the House of Commons.
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NewsMannion questions Ofcom's plans for news
ITV News editor-in-chief David Mannion has questioned whether independent regional news consortia could produce stories to a network standard, and believes that ITN is best placed to take over any new regional news contracts.
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Kids TV campaign revived
Indie trade body Pact has stepped up a campaign to increase children’s television production in the UK, which will see the return of a Womble as their spokesman.
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Liverpool's City Talk to change format
Ofcom has granted City Talk 105.9 in Liverpool permission to change its format and play music - but has imposed a number of conditions.
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C4 rapped over Ramsay; pre-watershed sex cleared
Ofcom has rapped Channel 4 over Gordon Ramsay’s swearing immediately after the watershed – but has cleared pre-watershed sex that was “at the edge of acceptability”.
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Gaunt rapped by Ofcom over 'Nazi' jibe
Former TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been censured by Ofcom over an interview in which he called a Redbridge councillor a “Nazi” – a comment that led to the sacking of the radio host.
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Emmerdale censured over violence
A fist-fight between Emmerdale brothers Mathew and Carl King has been criticised as too violent for a pre-watershed audience by media regulator Ofcom.
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Tory plot to block licence fee rise
The Conservatives are threatening the stability of the BBC’s finances by forcing an unprecedented House of Commons vote on whether to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level.
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NUJ: overhaul policing of media at protests
Police officers should be made accountable for breaching guidelines drawn up with the BBC and other organisations for policing demonstrations like the G20, the NUJ has told Parliament.
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Grade backs radical regional news plan
Michael Grade today backed Ofcom's call for independently-funded news consortia to deliver regional services, but warned that decisions were needed quickly for the sake of local news.
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ITV regional news replacement may cost£100m
Ofcom's proposed independently-funded news consortia replacements for ITV's regional news coverage could cost up to£100m, the regulator has calculated.
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Speech: Ed Richards on independently-funded news consortia
Speech given by Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards about independently-funded news consortia on 28 April 2009.
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BBC may share resources with local news services
The BBC is expected to unveil proposals for a deal with local news services that would see it share resources with newspapers, TV and radio stations for the first time.
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C4 cleared over Big Brother bullying row
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4 over how it dealt with bullying allegations made during the last series of Big Brother, despite receiving nearly 5,000 complaints about the reality show.
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Ofcom deals Project Canvas another blow
Project Canvas has been dealt another blow after Ofcom joined technology trade body Intellect Technology Association in raising serious competition concerns about the project.
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C4 wins Ali G lawsuit
Channel 4 has successfully defended an $800,000 (£550,000) libel case brought against the US version of Da Ali G Show.
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Cricket dominates sporting 'crown jewels' debate
The government has received around 100 responses in the first two weeks of its consultation on which national events should be free to air, with cricket coverage dominating the debate.
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Dyke to chair Tory industry review
Greg Dyke, Lis Murdoch and Ashley Highfield are among a host of high profile figures who will review the state of the UK's creative industries for the Conservatives.
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Charge pay-TV players for PSB content, report urges
A report commissioned by Digital Britain has urged the Government to consider making the likes of Virgin Media and Sky pay to carry public service broadcasters.