All Regulation articles – Page 85

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    Complaints mount over Britain's Got Talent stripper

    2009-04-15T13:07:26Z

    The housewife who stripped to a basque and nipple tassles in the premiere of ITV1's variety quest Britain's Got Talent has sparked nearly 40 complaints to Ofcom.

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    BBC defends 'honest' horse slaughter scenes

    2009-04-15T12:51:54Z

    The BBC has defended its decision to air footage of horses being slaughtered - claiming it wanted to show horsemen's lives “as honestly as possible”.

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    Ofcom investigates Corrie Christianity rant

    2009-04-15T12:29:40Z

    Ofcom has received 23 complaints following Coronation Street's Easter special in which character Ken Barlow accused the Christian faith of targeting “vulnerable people”.

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    Viewers to help decide sporting 'crown jewels'

    2009-04-08T11:09:37Z

    The government is inviting viewers to tell them which national sporting events they want to see on free-to-air TV from today.

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    Peers call for contestable PSB funding

    2009-04-08T09:16:40Z

    The BBC could face a loss of licence fee revenue to other broadcasters if the government heeds a plea from the House of Lords communications committee to use it to solve the PSB funding crisis.

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    MPs revive top-slicing threat

    2009-04-07T18:41:07Z

    MPs and peers reignited the PSB funding debate this week, rejecting media secretary Andy Burnham's favoured partnership between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and putting licence fee top-slicing back on the agenda.

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    C4 to aim Yo Gabba Gabba! at teens

    2009-04-07T13:37:40Z

    Channel 4 hopes to turn preschool show Yo Gabba Gabba! into a cult hit with students after buying it from RDF Rights for the T4 strand.

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    Response: Channel 4

    2009-04-07T12:10:26Z

    Channel 4's response to a report published today (7 April) by the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee into the BBC's commercial activities.

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    Rein in BBCW, say MPs

    2009-04-07T09:15:17Z

    The Commons media select committee has called for BBC Worldwide's commercial activities to be reined in and its first look option on BBC shows to be ditched.

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    Select committee slams BBCW/C4 plan

    2009-04-07T00:00:01Z

    The Commons media select committee has delivered an embarrassing snub to media secretary Andy Burnham, rejecting his favoured PSB funding solution of a tie-up between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and calling for the licence fee to be top-sliced.

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    C4 avoids censure over sex in daytime

    2009-04-06T12:35:49Z

    Ofcom has rejected 38 complaints against controversial sex-themed episodes of daytime educational series KNTV.

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    Ofcom 'unable' to fine Ross and Brand over Sachsgate

    2009-04-06T09:55:06Z

    Ofcom has said it is “unable” to fine Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand for the Sachsgate scandal, leaving the BBC to pay the£150,000 penalty.

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    Playboy fined£22.5k for hardcore broadcast

    2009-04-02T12:55:36Z

    Playboy TV has been fined£22,500 for broadcasting unencrypted explicit 'adult material'.

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    Lyons keen on Cameron licence fee meeting

    2009-04-01T18:33:44Z

    BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons has called for an open debate with Conservative leader David Cameron about the licence fee, but has warned against undue influence from MPs on the current five-year settlement.

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    Ofcom investigates Moving Wallpaper 'transphobia' row

    2009-04-01T11:03:58Z

    Ofcom is investigating more than 50 complaints alleging that ITV1 comedy Moving Wallpaper was offensive to transsexuals.

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    Licence fee law must be made clear for online viewing, says Trust

    2009-03-31T13:34:19Z

    The BBC Trust has asked the BBC to be clearer about the law surrounding TV viewing online as it keeps a watching brief on the impact of on-demand viewing on the licence fee.

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    Trust: No room for licence fee 'freeloaders'

    2009-03-31T13:14:43Z

    The BBC Trust has warned the corporation to adopt a more “firm but fair” approach to licence fee collection - but chairman Sir Michael Lyons has warned there is 'no room for freeloaders'.

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    DCMS to examine BBC/ITV news-sharing plans

    2009-03-26T16:30:51Z

    The BBC's plans to share news footage with ITV will come under scrutiny in a new select committee enquiry.

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    BBC to name 'media literacy champion'

    2009-03-25T12:21:47Z

    The BBC is to appoint a new “media literacy champion” in the latest of its efforts to broaden its role to become a “supporting hand” to the rest of the media sector.

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    Ofcom backs C4 religious shows

    2009-03-23T13:19:41Z

    Channel 4's religious programming has been boosted by Ofcom rejecting almost 40 complaints against The Qur'an and Christianity: a History.