All Ofcom articles – Page 48
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BBC governors face pre-Ofcom revamp
Corporation's chairman Gavyn Davies mulls reforms to head off calls for Ofcom regulation
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Jowell to move quickly to appoint Ofcom chairman.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is to move swiftly to appoint the first chair of Ofcom even though the media regulator will not take up its full powers until next summer at the earliest, writes David Rose.
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Jowell to move quickly to appoint Ofcom chairman
Media Secretary to act early to ensure chief executive and six-member board are also in place by the summer
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Davies resists BBC regulator role for Ofcom.
BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies this week personally entered the row over who should control the BBC, telling MPs he will fight any plans to bring the corporation under the full control
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Davies resists BBC regulator role for Ofcom
BBC chairman questions Ofcom's ability to regulate corporation better than its board of governors
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BBC may yet be in Ofcom remit.
The government has given the clearest signal yet that it could be prepared to review its stance on the BBC's relationship with Ofcom as it considers new communications legislation.Broadcasting minister Kim
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BBC may yet be in Ofcom remit
Broadcasting minister Howells hints that corporation would benefit from Ofcom regulation
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LEADER - We need to define Ofcom's role
With the government's proposals on the future of cross-media ownership now out in the open (options: status quo; competition rules only to apply; different playing fields for different media; a more
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BBC role for Ofcom rebuffed
The Government this week rejected demands from the media select committee that new BBC services should be approved and reviewed by Ofcom as part of a three-pronged rebuttal of the committee's recommendations, writes David Rose.
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Government rejects call for Ofcom to approve future BBC services
Media select committee recommendation that new digital services be green-lit by new regulator rebuffed by media and trade secretaries
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EC BACKS OFCOM
The European Commission has thrown its weight behind the call to curtail the BBC's board of governors by firming up guidelines on state aid to broadcasters. It has called for public
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Peers threaten Ofcom mutiny
The campaign to bring the BBC under the full control of Ofcom moved up a gear this week as broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and other Labour peers threatened to back Tory MPs
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Jowell hints at BBC Ofcom backtrack
Culture secretary points to 'three areas' where relationship between the new regulator and the BBC board of governors needs to be addressed
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Jowell hints at Ofcom rethink
The Government looks set to backtrack on its original plan of leaving the BBC outside the control of Ofcom after media secretary Tessa Jowell admitted this week that there were 'at
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LEADER - Davies must work with Ofcom
Confirmation that BBC vice-chairman Gavyn Davies had been appointed as chairman of the BBC board of governors came as no surprise. He was only appointed to the post of vice-chairman of
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Ofcom set-up hitch
The bursting of the dotcom bubble has been a significant setback in the creation of new super-regulator Ofcom, according to Independent Television Commission (ITC) director of programmes Sarah Thane, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC facing Ofcom test
ITC chief Hodgson says corporation has 12 months to convince industry it can act as a self-regulated public service broadcaster if it is to escape Ofcom regulation
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LEADER - Ofcom's future is already shaky
Here's a statement to upset the broadcasting apple cart as it trundles towards the Edinburgh and Cambridge talking shops: the creation of Ofcom isn't a dead cert. Those close to the
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Jackson backs BBC's digital agenda but says Ofcom regulation is a must
Outgoing Channel 4 chief says government should 'OK' BBC plans but says 'key issue' is regulation and that BBC should come under Ofcom's remit
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Jowell to look at Ofcom and BBC relationship
Media secretary in new concession to BBC's commercial rivals