All Regulation articles – Page 119

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    BBC not guilty of product placement

    2005-10-24T16:15:26Z

    A BBC inquiry into product placement has cleared programme makers of being caught out by a newspaper sting.

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    BBC2 rapped by Ofcom over Pulp Fiction

    2005-10-24T16:08:08Z

    BBC2 has been rapped by watchdog Ofcom for screening the movie Pulp Fiction, despite appealing against the complaints three times.

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    BBC3 news gets the chop

    2005-10-24T10:25:50Z

    BBC3 is axing its nightly news bulletin and ploughing the money saved into factual programmes.

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    EC: Premier League has not gone far enough

    2005-10-21T11:29:24Z

    European Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has demanded more clarification over the auction of live football matches, and has given the Premier League until Monday to respond.

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    MPs: BBC Manchester move must happen

    2005-10-19T16:22:10Z

    Labour MP's have warned BBC chiefs they will face a political backlash if they renege on their plan to move to Manchester.

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    EC media chief calls for 'light touch' media regulation

    2005-10-12T13:14:56Z

    1pm: Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for media, this week said that regulators needed to apply 'a light touch' to internet, broadband and other emerging media platforms.

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    MPs lobby Jowell to keep cricket free

    2005-10-12T07:59:40Z

    8am: Pressure is mounting on Tessa Jowell to call a broadcasting summit that will look at ways to keep cricket test matches free-to-air from next season.

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    'Light touch' regulation for new media

    2005-10-06T08:30:00Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell has indicated that the government is planning a 'light touch' regime of regulation for the fast-growing broadband TV and mobile media sectors. Speaking at the Creative Economy Conference yesterday (5 October), Jowell said: 'We don't want to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut as regulation ...

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    EC on verge of antitrust action over TV football rights

    2005-09-30T08:50:19Z

    The European Commission is on the brink of beginning legal action against the English Football Association Premier League over the carving up of television broadcasting rights.

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    Pact calls in Ofcom over ITV online row

    2005-09-29T07:50:45Z

    ITV's new director of television Simon Shaps's aim to build bridges with the indie sector got off to a bad start this week after Pact said it had called off all talks with ITV over online rights - and was asking Ofcom to step in and resolve the row.

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    Dying to be on the telly

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    With a host of shows set to feature real deaths on TV, the question of what is appropriate is once again raised. In the absence of explicit rules, broadcasters have to rely on their own judgement.

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    Ofcom ad rules may be dropped

    2005-09-22T07:49:55Z

    Ofcom is considering scrapping rules governing how many adverts a broadcaster can show in a programme amid claims they are outdated.

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    Currie set for Ofcom extension

    2005-09-19T09:40:27Z

    9.30am:Ofcom chairman Lord David Currie is considering extending his five-year contract but only for another two years.

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    Newsnight 'not fair'

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Former Conservative party press chief Guy Black has won a partial victory against the BBC, after he complained about a Newsnightreport on the party's leader, Michael Howard last year. Black complained about the programme's coverage, claiming extracts from interviews had been used selectively and missed out ...

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    Jowell pledges digital TV for all

    2005-09-15T07:50:32Z

    Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.

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    Ofcom bans Make Poverty History ads

    2005-09-12T17:01:40Z

    Ofcom has banned the Make Poverty History campaign from advertising on UK television and radio.

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    Lords committee to probe TV cricket deals

    2005-09-07T08:57:42Z

    BBC chiefs are to be grilled by parliament over their bidding policy to broadcast sports events amid protests about the loss of live coverage of test match cricket to Sky.

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    More complaints over C4 Lost ads

    2005-09-06T10:20:48Z

    Channel 4's new hit show Lostcontinues to come under fire for featuring too many ad breaks, with complaints to Ofcom more than doubling.

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    Birt floats Ofcom-style BBC regulator

    2005-09-05T11:49:50Z

    Lord Birt has suggested he wants to see the BBC overseen by an Ofcom-style body, in an interview in which he fleshed out his Edinburgh festival MacTaggart speech.

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    BBC 'husband training' show sparks 200 complaints

    2005-08-31T10:54:44Z

    The BBC has apologised for airing a show in which husbands are subjected to dog-like training, following 200 complaints.