All Regulation articles – Page 129
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NewsJowell questions 10 year BBC Charter
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
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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NewsBBC film led to Libyan man's beating
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
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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News'Unfair' Today criticised by Ofcom
BBC Radio 4 flagship show Today has been rapped by Ofcom for being 'unfair'.
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NewsMadeley rapped over lesbian slur
Channel 4 daytime host Richard Madeley has fallen foul of regulator Ofcom for referring to a lesbian as a ?dyke.'
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NewsBBC finally unveils terms of trade
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
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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NewsJowell moots 2012 analogue switch-off
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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NewsLicense payers give BBC mixed report
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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NewsBBC unveils new complaints procedure
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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NewsOfcom to toughen up TV content labelling
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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NewsHewlett joins BBC digital review
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.
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NewsGraf calls for BBC new media indie quota
A government sponsored review is urging that the BBC appoint two new governors to oversee the way it runs its on-line services and farm-out at least 25% of its web content to independent suppliers.
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C4's séance cleared
Ofcom has rejected 244 complaints against Channel 4's controversial Derren Brown Séance , saying the programme did not breach its programme code. The show, which C4 said it also received 400 complaints about, became one of the most complained about programmes ever when it aired ...
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NewsBBC launches defence of Charter
BBC chairman Michael Grade and director general Mark Thompson will this morning (Tuesday) launch the corporation's defence of the licence fee and spell out their plans for the future direction of the organisation.
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NewsOfcom rejects complaints over séance
Media regulator Ofcom has rejected the avalanche of complaints it received about the controversial Derren Brown Séance , saying the programme did not breach its programme code.
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C4 airs view on BBC
Channel 4 chiefs have told MPs that Ofcom should consider taking over regulation of the BBC when it conducts its five-year review. In evidence to the all-party media select committee this week head of corporate relations John Newbigin said, in the meantime, the BBC should have a management board and ...
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Ofcom censures Fox News piece
Controversial US channel Fox News, which was criticised for its pro-American reporting during the Iraq war, has been reprimanded by Ofcom for attacking the BBC.
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NewsMirror chief joins Charter review panel
Sly Bailey, the high profile chief executive of The Mirror newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror, is to sit on a government-sponsored panel looking into BBC Charter renewal.