All Regulation articles – Page 103
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NewsBBC tightens compliance rules for indie contracts
All production staff - from executive producers to assistant researchers - will be contractually obliged to complete the BBC Safeguarding Trust course under the corporation's new standard contracts with indies.
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FeaturesBehind the news: Ofcom PSB review
The Ofcom PSB review isn't really about the BBC but what role the other broadcasters will play. Robin Parker gauges feelings in the industry.
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NewsBBC escapes swearing rap
Ofcom has cleared the BBC for airing a Catherine Tate Christmas special that prompted 42 viewers to complain about swearing and stereotyping of the Irish.
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NewsBBC to survey future of PSB
The BBC is to survey British indies and its in-house production teams about the future of public service programming as it prepares its submission to Ofcom's second PSB review.
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NewsSave Kids TV attacks Ofcom
The Save Kids TV campaign has laid into Ofcom for “subsuming” its short-term proposals for children's public service broadcasting television into the wider PSB review.
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NewsC4 urges quick decision on PSB model
Channel 4 has urged Ofcom to consider pushing through a future model for public service broadcasting even earlier than the regulator's revised deadline to 2011.
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NewsOfcom: UK needs new PSB system by 2011
Ofcom has called for a new public service broadcasting system to be rushed in by 2011 - three years before existing commercial PSB licences come to an end.
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NewsOfcom: BBC must not be the sole provider of children's TV
The BBC is in danger of “extending its scope too far” if it remains the sole provider of public service children's programming, Ofcom has warned.
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NewsBBC rapped over Live Earth swearing
Ofcom has ordered the BBC to formally apologise to viewers after it repeatedly broadcast the word “fuck” during its coverage of the Live Earth concerts.
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NewsOfcom tightens rules on participation TV
Ofcom has unveiled proposals to toughen regulations for participation TV shows following the premium-rate phone-in scandals that were uncovered in 2007.
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NewsNew tech review for BBC kids
The BBC Trust is to examine how the BBC should update its children's services in the light of technological developments in the wider kids' market, it confirmed today.
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NewsHD Freeview ready in 2009
High definition (HD) TV channels will launch on Freeview in some parts of the country from as early as next year, media regulator Ofcom has said.
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NewsBurnham in talks on top-slicing alternative
Media secretary Andy Burnham has suggested the BBC could share resources with Channel 4 and other public service broadcasters to help them reduce the cost of programmes as an alternative to top-slicing the licence fee.
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NewsRapture appeal dismissed
The Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed an appeal by dance music channel Rapture TV over claims that Ofcom did not fully investigate complaints that BSkyB overcharged for its EPG listing.
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NewsTories set out PSB vision
The Tories have put themselves on collision course with the BBC by warning they will force it to share the licence fee with other broadcasters.
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NewsFive cleared to bid for World Cup
Five could show live World Cup football after being added to the broadcasters that can bid for rights to listed sporting events.
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NewsScottish TV suffering 'lack of ambition'
TV in Scotland is suffering from a lack of ambition, according to findings by the Scottish Broadcasting Commission.
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NewsC4: No quick decision on funding
Channel 4 is unlikely to decide on its preferred future funding option until the autumn, chairman Luke Johnson said yesterday (19 March).
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NewsBBC Trust to examine WoCC
The BBC Trust is to examine if there is real competition under the WoCC (Window of Creative Competition), as well as the scale and regional spread of indies who win commissions under the system.
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NewsMPs back local Freeview channel
Over 120 MPs are backing the introduction of a local television channel on Freeview covering every part of the UK.