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    BECTU fights BBC pension plans

    2006-06-16T08:00:00Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu is calling on its members to help stop BBC plans to raise the corporation's retirement age and increase staff pension payments, by showing their opposition in the consultation process.

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    Ban on junk food ads could cost£141m

    2006-06-13T12:30:00Z

    Ofcom has revealed that calls from consumer and health groups for a complete ban on junk food advertising could cost broadcasters£141m.

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    Richards pours cold water on BBC and C4 spectrum claims

    2006-06-13T11:00:00Z

    Ofcom chief operating office Ed Richards has given a signal that the regulator favours auctioning off the spectrum freed from digital switchover - rather than handing it to the BBC and Channel 4 for new services.

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    Bectu sets up asbestos register

    2006-06-13T10:15:00Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu is to set up a register of members who believe they have been exposed to asbestos, following increased concerns from TV workers.

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    Ofcom to issue additional sponsorship guidance

    2006-06-12T13:40:00Z

    Ofcom is to issue additional guidance to broadcasters about the rules governing sponsorship following a complaint about ITV1's drama Footballers' Wives.

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    Charter review committee calls for greater scrutiny

    2006-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Peers have called for Parliament to be given the power to set the level of the licence fee, and have criticised the 'unchecked powers' of government over the corporation's future.

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    Jowell says no to a new switchover boss

    2006-06-09T08:00:00Z

    The government has rejected a request by MPs to appoint a ministerial supremo to take charge of the switchover to digital television.

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    Carter's exit interview

    2006-06-08T08:00:00Z

    Stephen Carter looks back at his biggest achievements at Ofcom

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    How BBC rights deal benefits producers

    2006-06-08T08:00:00Z

    The deal between Pact and the BBC on new media rights, announced last week, represents a carefully balanced contract between the two parties.

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    Minister hits back

    2006-06-08T08:00:00Z

    New broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has accused Conservative leader David Cameron of 'caricaturing the BBC'.

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    BBC licence fee settlement delayed

    2006-06-07T11:40:00Z

    The BBC's licence fee settlement will not be decided until at least October, further delaying final sign-off on the corporation's plans for the next 10 years.

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    Cameron accused of 'caricaturing the BBC'

    2006-06-06T09:45:00Z

    New Broadcasting Minister Shaun Woodward has accused Conservative leader David Cameron of 'caricaturing the BBC'.

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    Carter: 'We should have been bolder over ITV'.

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Ofcom should have been more radical in cutting ITV's public service programming requirements and making the case for a new Public Service Publisher, Stephen Carter, the regulator's outgoing chief executive, told Broadcastthis week.

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    NUJ in warning over BBC news staff job cuts

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    More than 130 news staff are still facing compulsory redundancy at the BBC, prompting threats of a strike by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).

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    Campaign to move a terrestrial channel out of London launches

    2006-05-30T08:00:00Z

    A campaign to move one major television channel out of London - either BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 or Five - has been launched this week.

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    BBC issues new public speaking rules

    2006-05-30T08:00:00Z

    The BBC has updated its guidelines on public speaking to news and current affairs staff, following the row over a controversial after-dinner speech by Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys last September.

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    Most OAPs have problems with digital TV equipment, study finds

    2006-05-26T10:45:00Z

    Almost three quarters of pensioners and people with significant disabilities will need substantial help switching to digital television, according to the results of a nine-month trial.

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    Ofcom repeats new media rights warning

    2006-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Ofcom chief operating officer Ed Richards has once again urged Pact and the UK's public broadcasters to reach an agreement over the ownership of new media rights, ahead of the regulator's deadline next Wednesday.

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    ITV report slams BBC calculations

    2006-05-25T08:30:00Z

    An inflation-busting rise in the licence fee would hit low income families and worsen 'super-inflation' in the costs of talent and staff, according to a report commissioned by ITV. Chief executive Charles Allen accused the BBC of using 'back-of-a-fag-packet figures' to exaggerate the need for an above-inflation hike in the ...

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    GCap results prompt warning on ads

    2006-05-25T08:30:00Z

    Capital Radio owner GCap's pre-tax profits have slumped 40% year on year to£22.2m in the year to the end of March. Chief executive Ralph Bernard has warned Capital's ad revenues could be down 26% for April and May, compared with last year.