All Regulation articles – Page 120
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'Light touch' regulation for new media
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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NewsEC on verge of antitrust action over TV football rights
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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NewsPact calls in Ofcom over ITV online row
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
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
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is considering scrapping rules governing how many adverts a broadcaster can show in a programme amid claims they are outdated.
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NewsCurrie set for Ofcom extension
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'
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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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
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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NewsOfcom bans Make Poverty History ads
Ofcom has banned the Make Poverty History campaign from advertising on UK television and radio.
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NewsLords committee to probe TV cricket deals
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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NewsMore complaints over C4 Lost ads
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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NewsBirt floats Ofcom-style BBC regulator
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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NewsBBC 'husband training' show sparks 200 complaints
The BBC has apologised for airing a show in which husbands are subjected to dog-like training, following 200 complaints.
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FM challenge fails
Ofcom has defeated a second High Court legal challenge to one of its FM radio licence decisions. John Grierson, former managing director of the CKFM bid for the Cornwall licence, challenged Ofcom's decision to award the licence to Atlantic FM, whose bid he said did not comply with the regulator's ...
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NewsThe minister flicking the switch
James Purnell, the minister responsible for the high-profile switchover from analogue to digital TV, is optimistic about the future of a more distinctive, high-quality choice of programming.
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BBC rapped over vice
A BBC daytime series that covered prostitution, pornography and drug abuse has been rapped by media watchdog Ofcom. The regulator said scenes showing brothel workers, intravenous drug-taking, and sex toys - shown as part of the Britain'sStreets of Vicein February - were 'unremitting' and unsuitable for broadcast ...
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NewsBBC daytime sex under fire
A BBC daytime series that covered prostitution, pornography and drug abuse has been rapped by media watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsNotts council lodge Ofcom complaint
Nottingham City Council has complained to Ofcom after Channel 4's Best and Worst Places to Live in the UKnamed the city the second worst place to live in the country.
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NewsITV withdraws Sky EPG complaint
ITV has dropped its formal complaint to Ofcom over the price of BSkyB's regionalised encryption service.
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Ofcom fines C4 over Red Bull item
Channel 4 has been slapped with a£5,000 fine for giving undue prominence to energy drink Red Bull during a Richard and Judy Showbroadcast last year. In an attempt to correct inaccuracies in an item on the dangers of excessive caffeine intake, C4 showed a video on ...