All Regulation articles – Page 89
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BBC Trust: Gaza appeal decision was sound
The BBC Trust has cleared the BBC's controversial decision not to air the DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal last month - but has ordered the corporation to look into revising its 38 year-old rules on disaster appeals.
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Channel TV asks for PSB funding for news service
Channel TV is appealing to Ofcom and the government for funding to help meet the cost of its regional news output.
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Distributors unite to fight for terms of trade
Some of the UK's biggest distributors have responded to the government's Digital Britain report by banding together to protect the rights won by the indie sector in the 2003 Communications Act.
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Ofcom TV fines hit£7.7m
Ofcom issued a record£7.7m in fines to broadcasters last year, it has emerged.
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ITV's plea: let us have product placement
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.
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Neighbours move hits BBC kids shows
Audiences for Newsround and Blue Peter have fallen “significantly” after BBC1 shrunk the children's schedule to accommodate the loss of Neighbours to Five.
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BBC Trust set to announce kids TV results
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.
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BBC radio given a year to control costs
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.
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Counting the cost of Kangaroo
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.
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Carter calls for co-operation on convergence
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.
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News Q&A: Stephen Carter
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.
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BBC Trust under fire over ‘misleading' statements
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.
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FeaturesDigital Britain
Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report urges content commissioners and the independent sector to work together. But how will negotiations progress, asks Chris Curtis.
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Why Kangaroo stalled
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.
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At-a-glance: Project Kangaroo coverage
Browse Broadcastnow’s full coverage of Project Kangaroo including reports, comment and analysis.
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Kangaroo decision tomorrow
Broadcasters will learn tomorrow morning whether they will get the go-ahead for the joint video-on-demand service developed as Project Kangaroo.
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Expert warns 'beware the digital divide'
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.
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Digital Britain blog: What about Europe?
Has the Digital Britain interim report overlooked Europe? Tony Ballard considers the question.
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Digital Britain: At-a-glance
The report, the action plan and the response. Browse Broadcastnow’s coverage of the Digital Britain interim report.
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Pact insists indies retain IP
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.