All Regulation articles – Page 104
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NewsRichards: C4 must flesh out online plan
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has pledged his support for Channel 4 to remain part publicly funded, but warned that the broadcaster must articulate how it can meet its remit online.
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NewsOfcom scraps PSP plans
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has finally buried the idea of a public service publisher (PSP) after more than three years.
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NewsOfcom speech: The Future of Public Broadcasting
The full speech as delivered by Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards on the future of public broadcasting to the Royal Television Society on 11 March 2008.
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NewsBurnham rejects Welsh broadcasting proposals
New media secretary Andy Burnham has told Parliament he is against handing the Scottish and Welsh governments broadcasting powers claiming it would damage British television.
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NewsReality stars win payout
Contestants on the French version of reality show Temptation Island have won the right to strike and paid overtime following a legal challenge.
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NewsWelsh Assembly creates broadcasting committee
The Welsh Assembly has set up a committee to investigate the future of public service broadcasting in Wales.
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NewsOne in three confused about switchover
Almost a third of the UK does not understand that they will need some form of digital equipment to continue to receive broadcast television after 2012, the National Audit Office has warned.
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NewsOfcom censures violent EastEnders
BBC1's EastEnders has been censured by Ofcom about the protrayal of violence in an episode that resulted in 78 complaints.
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NewsBSkyB to fight ITV stake ruling
BSkyB is to fight business secretary John Hutton's decision to make it dispose of the majority of its 17.9% stake in ITV.
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NewsOfcom proposes gambling changes
Ofcom is proposing to reclassify all TV dating and gambling channels as teleshopping services.
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NewsOfcom toughens participation TV rules
Broadcasters will need to gain a green light from independent third parties before launching premium rate voting and competitions from June, Ofcom has announced.
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NewsSky to appeal ITV verdict
BSkyB will lodge an appeal against the Competition Commission's verdict that it should slash its 17.9% stake in ITV to below 7.5%.
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NewsTUC calls for overtime boycott
Broadcasters and journalists are being urged to refuse to work overtime next Friday in protest at the estimated£6,000 in unpaid overtime worked by media professionals.
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NewsFreesat will 'struggle'
Freesat will “struggle” to take off when it launches this spring because BSkyB has already made the satellite business its own, according to Top Up TV chief executive officer Nick Markham.
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Local content rule change
Ofcom last week relaxed its guidelines for locally produced content on analogue commercial radio.
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NewsBBC award switchover contract to eaga
The BBC has appointed green support services company eaga to manage the digital switchover Help Scheme.
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NewsBurnham shares top slicing vision
New culture secretary Andy Burnham has made a veiled indication that he will back radical proposals to share out the BBC licence fee, sharing the vision of his predecessor James Purnell.
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NewsJamie's Shaker lands C4 in hot water
Ofcom has criticised Channel 4 after Jamie Oliver prominently used one of his self-branded utensils in the Jamie at Home series.
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NewsOfcom revises local radio guidelines
Ofcom has relaxed its guidelines for the amount of locally-produced content on analogue commercial radio but has defended its decision to set minimum levels of local programming.
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NewsDecision on Test cricket's return to free TV delayed
The prospect of England's home cricket Test series returning to free-to-air TV in the near future has been dealt a blow.