All Regulation articles – Page 110
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NewsKiss admits to phone-in blunder
Emap-owned radio network Kiss is the latest media company to become embroiled in a phone-in scandal after admitting that a producer supplied incorrect answers to an on-air quiz.
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NewsRosen defends stance on power of super-indies
Pact vice-chairman Nick Rosen has defended his comment piece in last week's Broadcastwhich prompted Pact chairman Alex Graham to email members claiming the article was a 'challenge to the authority' of the Pact council.
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NewsPact lobbies MPs in kids campaign
Pact has stepped up its campaign to save kids TV after pressing MPs to launch an urgent review into funding for children's programming.
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NewsGrade slams junk food ad ban
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade raged at Ofcom's restrictions on junk food advertising at a media conference in London yesterday (27 February), calling it 'nonsense.'
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NewsBSkyB and Virgin squabbles continue
BSkyB has again refuted claims by Virgin Media that it will double the price of its basic channels. It has also told the cable operator to shut up and return to the negotiating table.
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NewsIcstis to probe Saturday Kitchen claims
Premium rate phone line regulator Icstis has launched a formal investigation into the BBC's Saturday Kitchenfollowing claims some pre-recorded shows were still encouraging callers to phone in.
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NewsParents value kids TV, Pact tells MPs
Pact has presented a parliamentary select committee with evidence that homegrown kids programming contributes to the UK's cultural identity, as it attempts to get MPs to join its campaign to save kids TV.
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NewsBBC Trust approves Freesat
The BBC Trust has provisionally approved the launch of Freesat, the corporation's planned free-to-view satellite service in partnership with ITV.
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NewsSky goes public with cable carriage details
BSkyB has made the details of its carriage deal dispute with Virgin Media public, saying its offer is a 20% increase on the existing contract or 3p per customer per day, and not double as Virgin Media claimed last week.
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NewsSky rages at Darling's review decision
BSkyB has launched a scathing attack on the government's decision to order an Ofcom review of its 17.9% stake in ITV, accusing it of 'contradicting' its own guidance.
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NewsNUJ names work experience abusers
The NUJ will launch its Work Experience Guidelines today by delivering a letter to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs naming and shaming employers who exploit journalists on work experience.
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NewsDarling asks Ofcom to investigate BSkyB's ITV stake
Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling has ordered Ofcom to investigate whether BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV is in the public's interest.
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NewsBBC: Saturday Kitchen will now be live
The BBC has decided that every episode of its cookery show Saturday Kitchenwill be broadcast live following recent claims that some pre-recorded programmes still encouraged viewers to call in.
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NewsBBC strike action called off
The BBC will not face strike action on 26 February after management assured the unions that the number of potential voluntary redundancies would be reduced.
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NewsOfcom confirms junk food ad ban
Ofcom has confirmed it will go-ahead with plans to ban junk food advertising to children under 16.
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NewsTUC urges work to rule
Media workers have been urged to 'take a proper lunch break and leave work on time' today (Friday) after it emerged they work an average seven hours of unpaid overtime a week.
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NewsCow complaints
The BBC has been deluged with complaints after Top Gearpresenter Jeremy Clarkson strapped a dead cow to the roof of a car.
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NewsRecriminations begin over Richard & Judy
A row has broken out over who is to blame for the alleged misuse of premium rate phone lines on Channel 4's Richard and Judy Showbetween producer Cactus TV and Eckoh, which runs the show's phone service.
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NewsJowell pressurised over top slicing licence fee
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is facing pressure to bring forward her promised review of public service broadcasting to examine the case for topslicing the BBC's licence fee revenue.
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NewsBBC threatens Bectu over Pudsey Bear
The BBC has threatened broadcasting union Bectu with legal action for using an image of Pudsey Bear in a campaign against the closure of seven of the corporation's nurseries.