All Regulation articles – Page 97
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FeaturesGrade plays a strong hand
ITV's boss raised the stakes last week when he challenged Ofcom to ease ITV's PSB burden otherwise the network would go it alone. Lucy Rouse asks if Michael Grade is seriously considering this option.
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NewsBBC to give government surplus suggestions
The BBC will get the first opportunity to say what should be done with any money left over from the cost of funding digital switchover after 2012.
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NewsDCMS to stay out of ITV regions row
The government has refused to intervene in the row over Ofcom's green light for ITV to drop its half-hour bulletins for the Border and Westcountry regions.
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NewsCommons poised for licence fee debate
Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs are expected to join forces this week to defeat a Tory backbench attempt to deprive the BBC of its licence fee income following digital switchover.
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CommentWeapons-Grade ammo
Ofcom told it’s my way or the highway as showdown looms over ITV regulation.
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NewsRTS Speech: Grade throws down PSB guantlet
ITV has thrown down the gauntlet to Ofcom - either ease its regulatory burden or risk losing it as a public service broadcaster.
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CommentBlog: Local TV is the very definition of PSB
Local TV is PSB. The rest of Europe gets it - but the UK, apparently, still doesn't, argues Peter Williams.
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NewsWhite men still dominate boards
Broadcasters are making modest improvements in their employment of minorities, but boards are increasingly dominated by white men.
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NewsSpeech: Michael Grade 8 October '08
RTS Patron breakfast speech by Michael Grade, executive chairman of ITV, on 8 October, 2008.
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NewsGrade: Non-PSB ITV is real option
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has outlined two stark choices for the future of the broadcaster: guarantee to provide national news as a public service broadcaster or become a purely commercial brand with no guarantee of any kind of programming.
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NewsNew unit to monitor BBC interactivity
BBC shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Children in Need are set to have their interactive services managed by a dedicated unit.
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NewsBurnham backs Ofcom's ITV plans
Media secretary Andy Burnham has defended Ofcom's decision to reduce ITV's regional production quota and has told MPs he will meet ITV and other broadcasters to discuss the future of PSB in the months ahead.
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NewsBurnham: No place for new music on TV
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has criticised TV's “cosy” relationship with the music industry and urged more risk-taking in primetime output.
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NewsPSB: The agony is almost over
Special report: Plenty of options remain on the table to fix the ‘broken' public service broadcasting model, but, for anxious broadcasters, clarity over the future of PSB is becoming vital.
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FeaturesPSB review: Ofcom PSB review
Culture secretary Andy Burnham used his Royal Television Society digital conference address last week to stress that government and regulator were both on a “fast track” towards determining the future of public service broadcasting.
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FeaturesPSB review: ITV's plans to scale back regional news supported
Almost as soon as Ofcom signalled a relaxation of ITV's regional responsibilities, the broadcaster announced plans to cut 430 jobs in news.
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FeaturesPSB review: C4 assured of PSB future - but how to fund it?
Now that Ofcom has dropped its unpopular BBC-only model of PSB provision, the remaining options all ensure a PSB future for Channel 4.
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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.