All Regulation articles – Page 97
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FeaturesPSB review: BBC as PSB cornerstone
In every potential scenario, the BBC remains the “cornerstone” of PSB, but Ofcom maintains that the corporation is strengthened when it has genuine competition.
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FeaturesPSB: Five's plans for kids welcomed
Five wants to remain a PSB up to and beyond the expiry of its current licence in 2014 and Ofcom suggests only minor changes to ensure that it remains a financially viable option.
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FeaturesPSB debate: Mark Thompson, director general, BBC
“The PSB debate needs to be more ambitious and less defeatist. The public doesn't want any of the commercial PSBs to be thrown out of the family, but it also doesn't want the stabilisation of ITV, C4 or Five at the price of weakening the BBC.
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FeaturesPSB debate: Andy Duncan, chief executive, Channel 4
“The important part of Ofcom's report is that plurality matters. Why? Because the public has said it clearly wants it.
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NewsOfcom warns BBC of ‘cartel' risk
The BBC's proposed partnerships raise the risk of an anti-competitive “cartel” that could have a limited impact on the funding crisis facing public service broadcasting,” Ofcom deputy chairman Philip Graf has warned.
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FeaturesPSB debate: Mike Darcey, chief operating officer, BSkyB
“Ofcom has called a state of emergency in the provision of public service content, but perhaps we should pause for breath before reaching for the chequebook.
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FeaturesPSB debate: Michael Grade, executive chairman, ITV
“ITV is looking to find where the public interest and shareholder interest coincide. Where they coincide, we believe, is in the investment in UK production. We believe that the value of content is growing and growing.
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NewsChannels to set out PSB funding plans
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all poised to make their final PSB lobbying positions clear after media secretary Andy Burnham promised speedy government decisions about future funding models.
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NewsITV regions attack ‘the enemy within'
Furious ITV regional news staff have rounded on their employer after it announced plans to slash 429 jobs from the division, claiming they and their viewers have been “steamrollered” by the commercial broadcaster.
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CommentHot Topic: ITV Regional News
No public interest is being served by letting ITV cut regional news, says Jeremy Dear.
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NewsSky may be forced to widen movie and sport access
BSkyB has too much power in the supply of premium content and could be made to offer it on a wholesale basis to rivals, Ofcom has said.
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NewsKevin Bishop dodges censure
One of Channel 4's most controversial comedies has escaped censure from Ofcom after amassing more than 300 complaints to the broadcaster and regulator.
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NewsITV rapped for airing Taggart in daytime
Ofcom has reprimanded ITV for subjecting 15,000 children to an “unrelenting” barrage of explicit violence in daytime repeats of Taggart on ITV1.
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NewsThompson: C4 needs new terms of trade
BBC director general Mark Thompson has called for a review of Channel 4's rights ownership to help safeguard its PSB future.
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NewsBurnham: PSB decisions by early '09
The government will announce its decisions on the future of PSB in the new year, culture secretary Andy Burnham has promised.
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NewsGovernment to review sports 'Crown Jewels'
The government is to review the make up of the 'Crown Jewels' listed sports events for the first time in 10 years, culture secretary Andy Burnham has revealed.
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Speech: Andy Burnham 26 Sept '08
Andy Burnham's speech to the Royal Television Society, 26 September 2008, titled Quality, standards, innovation - the way forward.
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NewsFive to formalise kids commitment
Five plans to adopt a more formal commitment to children's programming under plans the broadcaster is drawing up with Ofcom.
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NewsOfcom throws ITV regional quota lifeline
Plans to reduce ITV's regional programming quota will come as a relief to the commercial broadcaster, which has failed to hit its existing 50% spend target for the past two years.