All Regulation articles – Page 128

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    Ofcom to probe ITV networking

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom is to carry out a major review of ITV's networking arrangements, the rules and regulations which govern how the Network Centre is managed.

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    Carter: we won't top slice the BBC

    2004-09-30T07:51:02Z

    Ofcom chief Stephen Carter has told Broadcast that the BBC should continue to be 'fully funded' - suggesting Ofcom will not propose 'top slicing' the licence fee as part of its strategy for public service broadcasting beyond 2007.

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    BBC: watershed move jeopardises factual

    2004-09-30T07:50:30Z

    Important factual programmes could be pushed out of peaktime slots under Ofcom proposals to tighten up the watershed, the BBC has claimed.

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    Ofcom to set out future framework of PSB

    2004-09-29T12:47:42Z

    Ofcom will tomorrow propose a new framework for public service television in the UK - amid growing speculation over the BBC's monopoly on the licence fee.

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    Ofcom team net£2.3m in salaries

    2004-09-23T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom's senior team pocketed£2.3m in salaries and benefits over the past year, according to the regulator's annual report. Chief executive Stephen Carter was paid£370,769, while senior partners Kip Meek and Ed Richards received£300,057and£254,844 respectively.

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    Jowell lobbied over BBC Technology sale

    2004-09-16T08:30:00Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu met media secretary Tessa Jowell on Monday (13 September) to lobby against the proposed sale of BBC Technology to German firm Siemens. Jowell was said to have given a 'sympathetic hearing' to the union's concerns and wrote to the BBC on Tuesday asking for clarification on them. ...

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    Ofcom sets 2012 as date for switch-off

    2004-09-16T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has set 31 December 2012 as the switch-off date for analogue TV signals and said the switchover process could start in 2007.

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    Jowell questions 10 year BBC Charter

    2004-09-14T09:33:42Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell has warned the BBC that it is not certain it will have its Charter reviewed for another ten years.

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    BBC doc led to Libyan's torture

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.

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    BBC film led to Libyan man's beating

    2004-09-06T12:03:52Z

    The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.

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    Ofcom raps today

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 show Today has been rapped by Ofcom after it ran a story about defence contracts which claimed that doing business with the Saudi Arabian government required offering sweeteners for diplomats and staff. Saudi embassy officials in London complained that the piece was ...

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    'Unfair' Today criticised by Ofcom

    2004-08-24T09:55:14Z

    BBC Radio 4 flagship show Today has been rapped by Ofcom for being 'unfair'.

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    Madeley rapped over lesbian slur

    2004-08-10T10:06:04Z

    Channel 4 daytime host Richard Madeley has fallen foul of regulator Ofcom for referring to a lesbian as a ?dyke.'

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    BBC finally unveils terms of trade

    2004-08-03T10:13:56Z

    The BBC yesterday (Monday) finally unveiled its new terms of trade that will see indies own all the rights including copyright to the programmes they produce for the corporation.

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    Ofcom imposes subtitle rules

    2004-07-29T08:30:00Z

    Minority channels including Sky One and E4 are to be forced to provide subtitling and audio description for the first time.

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    Jowell moots 2012 analogue switch-off

    2004-07-23T10:11:27Z

    The government looks set to put back its timetable for switching off analogue TV signals to 2012 following widespread scepticism about the previous 2010 target.

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    License payers give BBC mixed report

    2004-07-20T11:49:24Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell today published the result of public consultation on the BBC's future, which reveals that while the majority of people still back the BBC there are concerns about the quality of its output and value of the licence fee.

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    BBC unveils new complaints procedure

    2004-07-19T13:08:31Z

    The BBC today unveiled a new complaints procedure following the Dr David Kelly affair which will include the setting up of a new website where mistakes will be corrected.

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    Ofcom to toughen up TV content labelling

    2004-07-15T07:51:50Z

    Ofcom has tabled proposed new rules that will force broadcasters to better signpost programmes with adult themes before the 9pm watershed.

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    Hewlett joins BBC digital review

    2004-07-07T09:18:56Z

    Former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett is to scrutinise BBC3 and BBC 4 as part of Patrick Barwise's investigation into the BBC's digital TV services.