All Regulation articles – Page 145

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    BBC SEEKS SCHOOLS OK.

    2002-06-07T10:44:40Z

    The BBC has applied to the government for approval of its proposed #150m digital curriculum, amid

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    Banzai guilty of blasphemy.

    2002-06-07T10:44:40Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Council has branded an episode of Channel 4's risque betting show Banzai as

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    Ofcom debate rages on.

    2002-06-07T10:44:39Z

    The debate over whether the BBC should come under Ofcom continued this week as media secretary

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    Banzai guilty of blasphemy

    2002-06-05T16:06:43Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Council has branded an episode of Channel 4's risqué betting show Banzai as blasphemous, writes Steve Aston

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    Jowell clarifies BBC / Ofcom relationship

    2002-05-31T14:31:06Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell outlined details of the BBC's proposed relationship with new super regulator Ofcom on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of bringing the corporation fully under the new regulator's remit, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Public given say in comms bill debate.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    MPs and Peers examining the draft communications bill will allow the public to contribute their views

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    EC OKs new BBC services.

    2002-05-31T08:54:18Z

    The European Commission has given its approval to the BBC's new digital radio and television services after ruling they were not anti-competitive, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Govt favours bidders in free spectrum promise.

    2002-05-31T08:54:04Z

    The Government has assured bidders for the three multiplexes formerly used by ITV Digital that they

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    BSC slams 'graphic' violence in EastEnders

    2002-05-29T16:26:58Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission has slammed BBC 1 for scheduling episodes of Eastenders containing 'graphic' scenes of violence before the watershed, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Public given say in comms bill debate

    2002-05-29T15:13:11Z

    MPs and peers examining the draft communications bill will allow the public to contribute their views on the legislation for the first time, writes David Rose

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    EU gives BBC's new digital services the all-clear

    2002-05-28T11:46:28Z

    The European Commission has given approval to the BBC's new digital radio and television services after ruling they were not anti-competitive, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Kaufman raps bill as 'unimaginative'.

    2002-05-27T13:39:21Z

    Gerald Kaufman MP, chair of the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee, has

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    ITC says commercial stations can't meet public-service requirements

    2002-05-23T14:14:59Z

    The definition of public service broadcasting laid out in the draft Communications Bill is too demanding to be met by commercial stations, according to the Independent Television Commission, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC to up foreign coverage

    2002-05-22T17:00:02Z

    The BBC is to increase its commitment to primetime foreign affairs programming as media secretary Tessa Jowell comes under pressure to force broadcasters to give added emphasis to the genre through the communications bill, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Production Show news: Kaufman slams Communications Bill

    2002-05-22T09:14:40Z

    Gerald Kaufman MP, Chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has attacked the new Communications Bill, writes Peter Keighron

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    MPs to examine Ofcom and the BBC

    2002-05-21T09:52:41Z

    Parliament is to reopen the controversy of whether the BBC should be brought under the control of Ofcom like other broadcasters as the joint committee of peers and MPs this week began their three-month-long examination of the draft Communications Bill, writes David Rose

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    Liddiment raps plans for Ofcom.

    2002-05-20T08:27:11Z

    ITV director of channels David Liddiment has criticised the government's plans to establish super-regulator Ofcom, claiming

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    Equity slams standard of drama at C5.

    2002-05-20T08:27:11Z

    Actors' Union Equity has slammed Channel 5 over its 'dismal level of drama', writes Georgina Lipscomb.The

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    ITV pushes for 'psychic' TV.

    2002-05-20T08:27:10Z

    ITV and Granada are understood to be lobbying the Independent Television Commission to change the rules

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    Sky bolsters case in competition row.

    2002-05-20T08:27:10Z

    BSkyB has handed its written representations to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), defending charges that