All Regulation articles – Page 115
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NewsOfcom's C4 review published in March
Ofcom is to publish the results of the review it has ordered into Channel 4's funding by the end of March.
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NewsOfficial investigation launched into BB voting scandal
Premium rate services watchdog ICSTIS has begun a formal investigation into the Big Brothervoting scandal, which saw four previously evicted contestants re-enter the house.
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NewsCourt TV Group criticises delay
Newscasters have hit out at the government over its failure to make a decision on whether it will allow TV cameras into courts.
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NewsBBC defends sex and violence in EastEnders
The BBC has defended violent and sexual plotlines in EastEndersafter a string of complaints from viewers.
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NewsSMG unbowed by chief's exit
SMG's acting chief executive Donald Emslie has moved to quash rumours of unrest within the company since Andrew Flanagan's shock departure last week and said it was 'business as usual'.
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NewsOfcom proposes big money spectrum charge
Ofcom is looking to impose a spectrum charge that would see terrestrial broadcasters paying millions of pounds in fees from 2014.
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NewsNAO to look at BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called in the taxpayers' watchdog to scrutinise the BBC's bid to raise the licence fee to£180.
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NewsPolice recover£100,000 of stolen equipment
A series of police raids have recovered more than£100,000 worth of film and camera equipment stolen from film makers, broadcasters, post production houses and indies in the UK.
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NewsJowell confirms licence fee role for audit office
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called in the taxpayers' watchdog to scrutinise the BBC's bid to raise the licence fee to£180.
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NewsCarter to leave Ofcom next week
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter will leave the regulator next week despite originally saying he would stay on until autumn.
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NewsNew DAB multiplex will not reach Northern Ireland
Ofcom has announced its intention to advertise the second national radio multiplex by the end of the year but confirmed it will not be able to cover Northern Ireland and parts of western Wales.
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NewsAyre appointed to Ofcom content board
Richard Ayre, the former deputy chief executive of BBC news, has been named as one of five people appointed as non-executive members on Ofcom's content board.
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NewsGrade answers pay rise critics
BBC chairman Michael Grade has hit back at accusations of 'fat cat' salaries at the corporation, as he once again defended above-inflation pay rises for its executive board.
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NewsThompson denies ban on Jonathan Ross clip
BBC director general Mark Thompson has denied that there is a blanket ban on showing Jonathan Ross's controversial interview with Conservative leader David Cameron.
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NewsJowell to give audit office a role in licence fee
The BBC has survived an attempt to give the National Audit Office (NAO) full access to its books, but the NAO looks set to be given a role in assessing its future spending.
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NewsUnions meet to discuss BBC pension changes
The BBC could be facing strike action next month as broadcasting unions gather today (Monday 10 July) to discuss major changes to its pension scheme, in the wake of inflation-busting pay rises for senior BBC execs.
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NewsOfcom relaxes cross-promotion rules
Ofcom has changed the cross-promotion rules governing broadcasters, scrapping all but two existing regulations.
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NewsJunk food ad ban 'threatens kids TV' warns Pact
Producers' group Pact has warned that a ban on TV junk food advertising before 9pm would wipe out children's programme production for commercial channels and is calling for a£50m fund to bolster the industry.
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Lib Dems question BBC independence
The Liberal Democrats have called into question the BBC's independence after the corporation agreed to bring forward the publication of its annual report to fit in with the timing of a government debate.
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NewsAndy Duncan's letter to Tessa Jowell
The chief executive of Channel 4 has written to the culture secretary in a further attempt to stop Ofcom banning junk food advertising before 9pm. Read his letter in full here.