All Regulation articles – Page 87

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    Global Radio rejects Ofcom warning

    2009-03-16T09:52:06Z

    Global Radio has rejected the ‘yellow card' it was handed by Ofcom after one of its stations was adjudged to have played the wrong style of music.

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    BSAC adds voice to product placement criticism

    2009-03-13T11:39:43Z

    The British Screen Advisory Council has joined the myriad voices criticising the government for retaining the ban on product placement, branding its decision an act of “fundamentalist nostalgia”.

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    Harries slams product placement decision

    2009-03-13T11:06:21Z

    TV Drama Forum: Bafta winning producer Andy Harries has blasted the government for failing to lift product placement restrictions in the UK.

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    Burnham: no to placement

    2009-03-11T17:16:48Z

    ITV has branded media secretary Andy Burnham's decision not to allow product placement in UK-made TV shows “perverse”.

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    Whittingdale: Product ban is 'very foolish'

    2009-03-11T16:33:34Z

    Shadow media secretary John Whittingdale has blasted media secretary Andy Burnham over the continued ban on product placement, branding the decision 'very foolish'.

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    Pact: Product ban will deprive industry of£72m

    2009-03-11T14:15:42Z

    Pact chief executive John McVay has criticised media secretary Andy Burnham's decision to continue the ban on product placement in the UK, saying it will deprive the television industry of a£72m cash injection.

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    C4's Duncan supports product placement ban

    2009-03-11T14:00:07Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has backed media secretary Andy Burnham's ban on product placement in UK produced programmes, saying any relaxation of rules would deliver “marginal commercial benefit”.

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    Grade to fight product placement decision

    2009-03-11T13:18:13Z

    ITV's executive chairman Michael Grade has vowed to fight the decision to retain the ban on product placement in UK-originated programmes.

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    Product placement to stay banned on UK TV

    2009-03-11T12:34:13Z

    Product placement will continue to be banned for UK-made TV shows, the government has decided.

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    BSkyB: C4 should re-enter pay-TV market

    2009-03-09T12:09:52Z

    BSkyB has called on Channel 4 to re-enter the pay-TV market as part of a raft of measures that would provide an alternative to striking a PSB joint venture or merger.

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    Ofcom raps BBC for misleading interviewee

    2009-03-09T11:34:35Z

    Ofcom has censured the production team behind the BBC3 documentary Amy: My Body For Bucks for failing to tell a contributor that the programme focused on the sex industry.

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    Ofcom clears X Factor voting

    2009-03-09T11:10:38Z

    Ofcom has ruled that the last series of the X Factor did not breach any code of conduct after nearly 1,000 complaints sparked an investigation to the ITV1 talent show.

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    Product placement verdict looms for ITV

    2009-03-09T10:07:14Z

    ITV should learn this week whether product placement will offer some respite from the recession.

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    BBC bans talent from exec-producing shows

    2009-03-04T17:47:36Z

    The BBC has banned on-screen talent from executive-producing their own shows in nearly all cases, as part of a compliance crackdown in the wake of Sachsgate.

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    Action needed to secure TV's future, say industry figures

    2009-03-04T11:33:29Z

    Against the backdrop of this week's cuts at ITV and Five, senior industry figures have warned of the need for radical action to safeguard TV's future.

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    BBCW investigation delayed

    2009-03-04T10:51:56Z

    The BBC Trust is to delay publishing its report on the commercial activities of BBC Worldwide until the wider PSB debate has been completed.

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    City Talk applies for format change

    2009-03-03T13:14:00Z

    Liverpool's City Talk 105.9 is hoping to introduce music and share programming with other Bauer-owned stations following a recent change in format rules.

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    Burnham urges channels to up audio description

    2009-03-03T08:47:14Z

    Media secretary Andy Burnham has appealed to broadcasters to follow Sky's lead in increasing the amount of audio description services they offer for their programmes.

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    University Challenge winners dethroned

    2009-03-02T18:22:04Z

    The BBC has sensationally dethroned the winners of this years University Challenge following a probe into claims that a member of the Oxford team was ineligible to compete.

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    Carter invites views on the future of Scottish TV

    2009-02-26T09:53:02Z

    Scottish broadcasters have been invited to air their views on the future of broadcasting at a summit next month.