All Regulation articles – Page 139

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    Lords take viewers' side.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    A number of prominent peers this week warned that the House of Lords was prepared to

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    Broadcasters must act now on ITC review, says Phillis

    2002-12-06T11:30:51Z

    Guardian Media Group chief executive Bob Phillis has urged policy makers and industry players to maintain the momentum initiated by the government-ordered review of the programme supply market, writes Jane Marlow.

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    Lords take viewers' side

    2002-12-04T17:08:01Z

    A number of prominent peers this week warned that the House of Lords was prepared to give the Communications Bill a rough ride over concerns that it is too focused on the interests of business rather than the rights of citizens, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    DCMS rebuffs S4C cash call

    2002-12-04T15:32:57Z

    Welsh broadcaster S4C is being forced to slash a million pounds off its programming budget by next year after the government refused to give the broadcaster an extra£3.5m to cover the additional costs of digital transmission, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Sex, guns and Esther Rantzen

    2002-12-03T14:54:52Z

    Jamie Oliver is in trouble with the Independent Television Commission after it received six complaints about his language in the first episode of his show Jamie's Kitchen, writes John Oates.

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    Free trade rules threaten the Beeb

    2002-12-02T12:40:56Z

    A pressure group is warning that international trade agreements could pose a threat to public service broadcasting in the UK, writes John Oates.

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    Puttnam U-turn on foreign ownership fears

    2002-11-29T12:01:44Z

    Lord Puttnam has said that he is 'relatively happy' with the government's proposal to allow non-European ownership of British broadcasters following the publication of the Independent Television Commission's review into the programme supply market, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    MOYLES REPRIMANDED.

    2002-11-26T12:37:11Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has reprimanded Five show Live with Chris Moyles over bad language

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    RA's Hooper to head Ofcom content board.

    2002-11-26T12:37:11Z

    Richard Hooper, Radio Authority chairman and incoming deputy chairman of Ofcom, has been appointed as chairman designate of the new super-regulator's content board, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    BSkyB under attack in 'must carry' row.

    2002-11-26T12:36:46Z

    ITV is to lead a campaign against BSkyB in the run-up to voting on the Communications

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    Indies win battle for fairer treatment

    2002-11-26T08:49:22Z

    The much-awaited Independent Television Commission investigation into the relationship between UK broadcasters and independent programme makers has recommended a wide-ranging reform of the market, writes Jane Marlow

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    BSkyB under attack in 'must carry' row

    2002-11-21T09:11:27Z

    ITV is to lead a campaign against BSkyB in the run-up to voting on the Communications Bill in a bid to force down the price the satellite giant charges public service broadcasters for access to its platform, write David Rose & Conor Dignam

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    Government unveils communications bill

    2002-11-20T13:45:06Z

    In a surprise clause in the final draft of its communications bill, the government has today made provisions for BSkyB to be forced to carry all public service channels, writes Luke Satchell

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    ITC raps Moyles show

    2002-11-19T09:37:45Z

    Chris Evans has celebrated his television comeback with a ticking off from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) over foul language on his Five show Live with Chris Moyles, writes Colin Robertson

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    NEWS COVERAGE - Telling the same stories.

    2002-11-18T12:50:56Z

    More diversity in news and current affairs is key to winning back audiences, says an ITC report. Does this signal an end to the much-vaunted impartiality of news providers?

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    Bectu seeks BBC meeting.

    2002-11-18T12:50:48Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu is calling for an urgent meeting with the BBC over fears that around 200 job cuts could be made across three BBC programme divisions, writes Leigh Holmwood

  • News

    Documentary - Docs and the Comms Bill: Why US ownership of UK Media is a threat.

    2002-11-15T15:29:39Z

    In September a Tonight with Trevor McDonald investigation exposed unhygienic working practices inside a chicken-nugget factory

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    News Analysis - Little and Large.

    2002-11-15T15:29:39Z

    The carve-up of responsibility for broadcasting between the DTI and the DCMS works for now, but once the Communications Act comes into force and trade issues become more important will the DCMS get sidelined?

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    Docu-drama in clear.

    2002-11-15T15:29:18Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has cleared the ITV's controversial docu-drama on mass-murderer Harold Shipman of

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    ITV hits back at ITC international warning.

    2002-11-15T15:29:17Z

    ITV has clashed with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after the regulator warned it must continue