All Regulation articles – Page 68
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NewsControversial Islam doc cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s Britain’s Islamic Republic, which attrated more than 1,000 complaints and was branded a “dirty little programme” by former MP George Galloway, has been cleared by Ofcom.
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NewsOne-off licence fee reduction mooted
BBC licence fee payers could get “a one-off reduction” in the £145.50 they pay every year if the plan for the corporation to fund the Welsh language service S4C falls through.
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NewsMurdoch calls for coalition to 'stay the course'
Rupert Murdoch has backed the Government’s tough line on the public finances, urging the coalition to “stay the political course”.
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NewsOfcom to axe 170 jobs and cut budget
Media regulator Ofcom is to axe 170 jobs and cut its £143m budget by 28.2% as it faces up to the government’s spending review.
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NewsBBC puts brave face on cuts
The whirlwind cuts to the BBC’s funding are the best it could have hoped for in a bad situation, corporation insiders are claiming.
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NewsDyke to chair exec group consulting on local TV plans
Greg Dyke has agreed to chair a committee that will feed into the government’s local TV plans.
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NewsDCMS budget cut by £300 million
Chancellor George Osborne has slashed the budget of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) from around £1.4 billion to £1.1billion
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NewsFunding deal 'firm but fair', say BBC bosses
The new licence fee settlement is firm but fair and welcome when considering the “unprecedented” economic state of the UK, the heads of the BBC have said.
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NewsC5 given all clear on quotas
Channel 5 has been given the all clear by Ofcom following its acquisition by Northern & Shell.
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NewsS4C seeks judicial review over BBC merger
Welsh language broadcaster S4C is launching a judicial review of the government’s “ill-conceived” plans for the BBC to fund its operations.
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NewsCall to decriminalise licence fee dodging
Failure to pay the television licence fee should not be a criminal offence, a Tory MP has argued.
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NewsBBC Trust to fight any loss of free TV licences
The BBC Trust has warned the Government it would fight any move to force it to meet the cost of free television licences for the over-75s.
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NewsOfcom approves YouView
Ofcom has announced it will not open an investigation into proposed video-on-demand service YouView despite complaints from Virgin Media and BSkyB.
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Ex-ITN chief to call for regulation reform
Stewart Purvis, the former Ofcom partner and ex-chief executive of ITN, is to call for a new Communications Act that would introduce major reforms to content regulation.
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NewsBudget cut 'threatens S4C future'
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has warned its future could be in doubt if the Government enforces a “worst-case scenario” and slashes its budget by 40%.
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NewsTeachers TV axed; Ten Alps mount rescue bid
Ten Alps has launched a bid to rescue Teachers TV after the government announced plans to axe the service, putting 55 jobs at risk.
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NewsJowell adds to BBC pay criticism
Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell has joined the chorus of voices criticising the BBC over executive pay.
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NewsGovernment reveals Ofcom shake up
Ofcom is to undergo a major overhaul as part of the government’s “bonfire of the quangos” that will “return the policy-setting role to the secretary of state, reduce unnecessary expense and avoid duplication”.
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NewsCRR drags down programming budgets, says ITV
ITV has claimed that Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) is having an “unintended” and “damaging” impact on programming budgets across the industry.
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NewsSky lodges YouView comments with Ofcom
BSkyB has issued a submission about the IPTV venture YouView with regulators Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading in a bid to prevent it getting the go-ahead.