All Regulation articles – Page 144

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    Industry slams spectrum tax.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Broadcasters have warned parliament they will have to cut back on original programmes if the government

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    ITC LOOKS AT GIGOLOS.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    The Independent Television Commission is to start an inquiry following weekend newspaper allegations that the C4

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    Parties gear up for licence fee squabble.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    The future of the BBC's licence fee could hang on the outcome of the next general election after the Conservatives threatened to cut it if they regain power, writes David Rose

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    BECTU HOLDS PAY RESULT.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Broadcast union Bectu has postponed the result of its BBC pay ballot in order to release

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    BBC opposes US investment.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    The BBC has added its voice to concern over the government's plans to allow US investment in ITV, claiming that the new rule should be iced until the Bush administration in the US grants the same concessions to UK broadcasters, writes David Rose

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    BBC 3 verdict expected before recess.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is expected to announce her long-awaited decision on the BBC's proposed new digital youth channel, BBC 3, next month, ending almost a year of tense politicking, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    CRCA U-turns on changes.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    The commercial radio companies are set for a head-on collision with their regulator, the Radio Authority, when they appear before the joint committee examining the communications bill on Monday (24 June), writes Lucy Rouse

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    Row brews over DTT bids.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    A row has broken out between the BBC and ITV after the corporation threatened to withhold support for digital terrestrial television if ITV's bid to take over the former ITV Digital multiplexes succeeded, writes Paul Revoir

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    CRCA U-turns on changes

    2002-06-20T10:58:09Z

    The commercial radio companies are set for a head-on collision with their regulator, the Radio Authority, when they appear before the joint committee examining the communications bill on Monday (24 June), writes Lucy Rouse

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    Radio Authority may relax local news rule

    2002-06-20T10:42:24Z

    The Radio Authority is considering dropping rules that force local radio stations to produce and broadcast news from within their own catchment areas in order to allow news operations to consolidate, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC 3 verdict expected before recess

    2002-06-19T16:21:51Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is expected to announce her long-awaited decision on the BBC's proposed new digital youth channel, BBC 3, next month, ending almost a year of tense politicking , writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC opposes US investment

    2002-06-19T16:20:41Z

    The BBC has added its voice to concern over the government's plans to allow US investment in ITV, claiming that the new rule should be iced until the Bush administration in the US grants the same concessions to UK broadcasters, writes David Rose

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    ITC CLEARS TARRANT.

    2002-06-13T16:53:21Z

    Presenter Chris Tarrant has been cleared by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) over suggestions he made

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    EU to press US to free market.

    2002-06-13T16:53:20Z

    EU officials are to press their counterparts in Washington to open up the US TV market

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    BBC at loggerheads with OFT over fair trade rules.

    2002-06-13T16:53:14Z

    The BBC and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cannot agree where the buck stops on contentious fair trading issues, in a row that puts further pressure on the BBC to come under Ofcom, writes Lucy Rouse

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    BBC at loggerheads with OFT over fair trade rules

    2002-06-12T17:50:03Z

    The BBC and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cannot agree where the buck stops on contentious fair trading issues, in a row that puts further pressure on the BBC to come under Ofcom, writes Lucy Rouse

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    PROFILE - The media maverick.

    2002-06-07T10:44:43Z

    Media select committee chairman Gerald Kaufman is not one for towing the party line. He says the comms bill is a 'dog's breakfast' and the BBC should be privatised

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    CONTENT REGULATION - The right balance?

    2002-06-07T10:44:42Z

    Will the comms bill's light-touch approach to content regulation be enough to protect indies and the diversity of British TV?

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    Treasury reviews tax.

    2002-06-07T10:44:41Z

    The treasury is reconsidering its decision to exclude all television productions from lucrative sale and leaseback

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    NEW BROADBAND TSAR.

    2002-06-07T10:44:40Z

    The Department of Trade & Industry has appointed schools minister Stephen Timms as e-commerce minister, replacing