All Regulation articles – Page 134
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NewsBSC clears ITV1 Shipman drama
TV watchdog the Broadcasting Standards Commission has cleared Granada's controversial dramatisation of the events surrounding the crimes of serial murderer Dr Harold Shipman, after it was accused of unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsGovernment strikes Puttnam deal
The government has struck a last minute deal with rebel peer Lord Puttnam and will now introduce a clause in the communications bill forcing Ofcom to submit any broadcasting merger or acquisition to a public interest test, writes David Rose
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NewsITC raps Five over clipshow footage
Five has been criticised by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for broadcasting a programme in which a man swung a small child around his head by its limbs, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsGovernment seeks to appease Puttnam
Government ministers are holding eleventh-hour talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam in a bid to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups such as Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Five, writes David Rose.
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NewsBlair beaten over Ofcom role
Tony Blair suffered his first broadcasting setback this week when Lord Puttnam succeeded in putting the interests of the 'citizen' at the heart of the duties of new media regulator Ofcom, writes David Rose
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NewsPuttnam moves to appease ministers
Ministers renewed talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam this week to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups like Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Channel 5, writes David Rose
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NewsGov must save Coms Bill says Gallagher
Eileen Gallagher, chair of Pact, has appealed to the government not to allow the controversial cross media ownership changes to wreck the Communications Bill, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsFox News cleared of war bias by ITC
Fox News Channel's controversial coverage of the Iraq war has been given the all-clear after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) rejected complaints of bias from British viewers, writes Conor Dignam
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NewsITV1 rapped for ?f' word slip-up
ITV1 has been reprimanded by the ITC in its latest programme complaints report for broadcasting the ?f' word pre-watershed during its hit series I'm A Celebrity, Get Me out Of Here!, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsJowell fights back against rebel lords
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has issued a 'rallying cry' to the broadcasting industry - 'If you want this Communications Bill, get out there and argue for it.'
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Ofcom could loosen ITN ownership rules
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose.
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ITC rethinks occult
The Independent Television Commission is considering revisions to its programme code after Living TV presented two shows about the paranormal as factual rather than entertainment. The TV watchdog is proposing the changes in an attempt to address the occult and attempts to contact the dead. The move follows the screening ...
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NewsITC sets out list of new indie rights
Broadcasters could be forced to lend development money to producers and limit their hold on primary rights to five years under new proposals from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Jane Marlow.
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NewsBragg speaks up for ITV 'indies'
Broadcasting peer Melvyn Bragg has made an impassioned plea for Ofcom to allow smaller independent ITV companies to be given independent production status, writes David Rose.
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NewsITV set for full ITN ownership
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose
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NewsLiving TV pulled up over séance shows
Living TV has been rapped by the ITC after it presented two shows about the paranormal - which included séances - as factual rather than entertainment shows, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBBC opens books to NAO
BBC chiefs face being summoned to Parliament in future to account for the way they spend the licence fee, writes David Rose
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NewsBragg puts training funding under scrutiny
Ministers are to examine a suggestion by Lord Bragg, the LWT executive, that half the£250m levy ITV hands over to the Treasury should be used to fund the training of future Broadcasters, writes David Rose
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Ofcom may set ethnic targets
The Government is considering arming Ofcom with strengthened powers to ensure broadcasters employ enough people from ethnic minorities - both on and off-screen, writes David Rose.
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NewsGavin calls on Ofcom to boost British media
BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin has called for Ofcom to be given a greater role in boosting the profile and competitiveness of British Media Companies abroad, writes Luke Satchell