All Regulation articles – Page 141
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Irvine issues ultimatum on witness cash
Lord Irvine has given the BBC and other broadcasters until the end of the year to produce proposals showing how they will enforce a ban on payments to witnesses in trials, writes David Rose
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Lord Irvine has given the BBC and other broadcasters until the end of the year to produce proposals showing how they will enforce a ban on payments to witnesses in trials, writes David Rose
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Puttnam underlines support for indies
In his Worldview address Lord Puttnam underlined his support for the independent production sector and warned of the impact of an overly competitive BBC on the UK's TV landscape, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsBennett slams government's plans for fines
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has joined chairman Gavyn Davies in criticising the government's plan to fine the BBC for breaches of standards, writes Leigh Holmwood
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UNIONS GET RECOGNITION.
Broadcasting union Bectu and the NUJ have won union recognition from ITV franchise Meridian. A formal
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Jowell wakes up to indies' discontent.
The government has called on one of the original architects of BBC director general Greg Dyke's
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Hopes grow for U-turn over local radio ownership rules
The government is seeking to resolve its dispute with the commercial radio industry over the controversial local ownership 'three plus one rule' by early next month, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsJowell wakes up to indies' discontent
The government has called on one of the original architects of BBC director general Greg Dyke's One BBC project to conduct a review of the UK programme supply market, as it moves to repair its tattered relationship with the independent production community, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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VLV CONFERENCE SEASON.
Pressure group the Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) is to hold four conferences this
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ITC to consult on DTT transmission.
The Independent Television Commission has launched a consultation on plans by the BBC and Crown Castle to change the transmission model of digital terrestrial television (DTT), writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC 3 delay hits DTT plan.
The BBC's digital plans were dealt a hammer blow this week following confirmation that the Department
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NewsITV in breach of Broadcasting Act over World Cup coverage
ITV's decision to shunt some its World Cup coverage to digital channel ITV 2 saw a deluge of complaints to the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Steve Aston
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Radio industry raps Puttnam
Lord Puttnam this week stood accused of ignoring the concerns of the radio industry after his joint committee's report on the draft communications bill stonewalled pleas to formally reject the proposed 'three plus one' local radio ownership rule, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ADVERTISER-FUNDED PROGRAMMING - Cometh the hour cometh the ad man.
Declining advertising revenues have forced broadcasters to re-examine the potential of advertiser-funded television. But many fear they will lose editorial independence as well as revenues from conventional spot advertising
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TRADE TALK - Currying favour.
Lord David Currie is to be the inaugural chair of Ofcom, but do his qualifications extend further than being a supporter of the government?
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ITV companies end pay freeze.
Carlton and Granada are showing some green shoots of recovery by putting an end to their freeze on staff salaries, writes Steve Aston
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BSC RULES ON FRYER.
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) received over 150 complaints about an episode of BBC 1 series
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Currie: Ofcom could rule BBC.
Moves to bring the BBC under the aegis of new super-regulator Ofcom would be 'workable' according
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MPs pressure Jowell to safeguard indie rights.
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has come under powerful parliamentary pressure to review broadcasters treatment of independent
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Currie: Ofcom could rule BBC
Moves to bring the BBC under the aegis of new super-regulator Ofcom would be 'workable' according to its new chairman Lord David Currie, despite the government's steadfast opposition to the idea, writes Leigh Holmwood