All Regulation articles – Page 130
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NewsLook familiar to you?
Ofcom last week claimed viewers are weary of copycat programming and identikit schedules, but is it the regulator's problem or up to the broadcasters to put their own houses in order, says Peter Keighron.
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NewsPuttnam: I wasn't tough on BBC governors
Lord Puttnam has admitted he should have been tougher on the BBC governors when he headed the Parliamentary scrutiny of the shake up of the broadcasting law.
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Ofcom lets missing chink off the hook
Ofcom is to take no further action over a Channel 4 series entitled The Missing Chink , despite receiving 191 complaints. Viewers complained that the title of the series of four short films, which broadcast in January, was racist and offensive. However, C4 argued that ...
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NewsOfcom tackles switch-over
Ofcom this week outlined a radical package of proposals to make digital switch-over a reality - including measures that could see the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C face multi-million pound bills for spectrum space.
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NewsOfcom tightens regional quota for producers
Ofcom has published new criteria for programmes to qualify as regional productions in a bid to stamp out 'letter box' indie offices - with no real business or production in the regions.
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Ofcom says switchover needs help
Ofcom has said that digital switchover will not take place unless there is intervention from the government. In a report to be published next week, the regulator will say that digital TV will reach only between 75% and 80% penetration through market forces and will stall if left unaided. It ...
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MP brands Ofcom a 'disgrace'
Ofcom was plunged into a political row this week when MPs openly accused it of siding with ITV over production cuts rather than acting in viewers' interests.
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End quotas, says Granada chief Shaps
Granada chief executive Simon Shaps has called for an end to ITV's independent quota and claimed that the BBC should also dump quotas and set up an independent and regulated commissioning arm.
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NewsMPs step up pressure over ITV cuts
Pressure is mounting on Ofcom and the government to halt what MPs fear is an increasing trend by ITV to concentrate TV production in London and one or two regional centres.
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NewsBBC loses£205m in lost licence fees
The government has admitted that two million people now evade paying the TV licence fee.
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NewsMPs slam Ofcom for failure on ITV
Ofcom is investigating ITV plc's plans to slash 400 jobs from its Central franchise as MPs sent a stinging rebuke to the regulator, accusing it of failing to address regional ITV job cuts.
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NewsLydon outburst escapes Ofcom censure
ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom over former Sex Pistol John Lydon's four-letter outburst on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
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NewsSecret Policeman recruits escape charges
Most of the 10 police recruits who were exposed for making racist comments in the BBC1 undercover documentary The Secret Policeman are to escape prosecution, it has emerged.
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NewsMPs slam Ofcom over ITV cuts
MPs have accused Ofcom of 'laxness' and 'over-flexibility' about the way it has handled ITV cuts in the regions and called for News at Ten to be reinstated.
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NewsJowell commissions S4C review
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has has commissioned an independent review into S4C, to examine the challenges it faces with the switch from analogue to digital TV.
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NewsMultichannel pressure group beefs up
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasters Group - a little known but established trade body representing multichannel broadcasters - has made two appointments as it gears up to play a more active role in the sector.
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Tories not to be on panel to find BBC chair
The Tory party has said it will not sit on the scrutiny panel to oversee the selection process for the new BBC chairman. Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Baker turned down a request from the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Dame Rennie Fritchie, who will chair the panel, after expressing concern ...
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NewsBBC 'could be broken up'
The BBC could be broken up into separate national entities under radical government proposals.
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NewsOfcom unveils consumer panel
Ofcom has unveiled the make-up of its nine-member consumer panel, which is charged with ensuring the media regulator's decisions reflect the interests of the public.
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NewsOfcom raps C4 show
Ofcom has forced Channel 4 to scrap comedy show Little Friends after criticising it for using children to make 'inappropriate' sexual references.