All Regulation articles – Page 89

  • News

    Ofcom TV fines hit£7.7m

    2009-02-18T10:38:37Z

    Ofcom issued a record£7.7m in fines to broadcasters last year, it has emerged.

  • News

    ITV's plea: let us have product placement

    2009-02-12T09:21:03Z

    ITV commercial boss Rupert Howell has admitted the broadcaster is “scrapping for its life” as part of an impassioned eleventh-hour plea for product placement to be permitted in the UK.

  • News

    Neighbours move hits BBC kids shows

    2009-02-10T09:24:08Z

    Audiences for Newsround and Blue Peter have fallen “significantly” after BBC1 shrunk the children's schedule to accommodate the loss of Neighbours to Five.

  • News

    BBC Trust set to announce kids TV results

    2009-02-06T11:11:46Z

    The BBC Trust will say on Tuesday whether the BBC needs new rules for the way it runs its children's services in light of the decline in kids programming.

  • News

    BBC radio given a year to control costs

    2009-02-06T11:00:14Z

    BBC radio shows cost 'significantly' more than its commercial rivals, mainly due to large salaries paid to its presenters, the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed.

  • News

    Counting the cost of Kangaroo

    2009-02-05T09:20:27Z

    BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV have spent two years and at least£25m on Project Kangaroo - but hopes for a one-stop-shop for on-demand TV are now dead in the water.

  • News

    Carter calls for co-operation on convergence

    2009-02-04T18:09:33Z

    Lord Carter has urged the TV industry to open its mind about its place in the converging media sector - and told broadcasters they must learn to compete and co-operate at the same time.

  • News

    News Q&A: Stephen Carter

    2009-02-04T17:22:53Z

    The communications minister talks to Broadcast about TV and the internet, how plans for a second PSB will become a reality and why the terms of trade are successful.

  • News

    BBC Trust under fire over ‘misleading' statements

    2009-02-04T17:18:48Z

    The BBC Trust is facing fresh criticism after the cross-party Commons Department for Culture Media & Sport select committee accused it of ducking questions and trying to fulfil two functions at once.

  • digital britain
    Features

    Digital Britain

    2009-02-04T17:00:00Z

    Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report urges content commissioners and the independent sector to work together. But how will negotiations progress, asks Chris Curtis.

  • News

    Why Kangaroo stalled

    2009-02-04T12:48:24Z

    The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.

  • News

    At-a-glance: Project Kangaroo coverage

    2009-02-04T10:57:00Z

    Browse Broadcastnow’s full coverage of Project Kangaroo including reports, comment and analysis.

  • News

    Kangaroo decision tomorrow

    2009-02-03T15:04:45Z

    Broadcasters will learn tomorrow morning whether they will get the go-ahead for the joint video-on-demand service developed as Project Kangaroo.

  • News

    Expert warns 'beware the digital divide'

    2009-01-30T12:25:13Z

    Plans to deliver broadband access to every home in Britain by 2012 will not succeed unless the internet becomes relevant to more of the British population, according to Deloitte director of research Paul Lee.

  • News

    Digital Britain blog: What about Europe?

    2009-01-30T11:07:11Z

    Has the Digital Britain interim report overlooked Europe? Tony Ballard considers the question.

  • News

    Digital Britain: At-a-glance

    2009-01-30T09:38:00Z

    The report, the action plan and the response. Browse Broadcastnow’s coverage of the Digital Britain interim report.

  • News

    Pact insists indies retain IP

    2009-01-29T16:57:44Z

    Digital Britain: Pact has delivered a veiled warning that indies must be able to hang onto their own IP, under the planned “evolution” of the terms of trade.

  • News

    BBC to lead universal broadband push

    2009-01-29T15:27:05Z

    Digital Britain: The BBC will play a key role in delivering and promoting universal broadband - but Stephen Carter has insisted it is too early to say how much of the digital switchover surplus in the licence fee could fund the roll-out.

  • News

    Six weeks to strike C4/BBCW deal

    2009-01-29T14:27:09Z

    Digital Britain: Channel 4 has six weeks to reach a consensus with BBC Worldwide on how a proposed joint venture could work.

  • News

    Digital Britain: The action plan

    2009-01-29T14:11:00Z

    Here, Broadcastnow presents the 22-point action plan proposed by the DCMS in its Digital Britain interim report.