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FeaturesPSB debate: Michael Grade, executive chairman, ITV
“ITV is looking to find where the public interest and shareholder interest coincide. Where they coincide, we believe, is in the investment in UK production. We believe that the value of content is growing and growing.
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NewsChannels to set out PSB funding plans
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all poised to make their final PSB lobbying positions clear after media secretary Andy Burnham promised speedy government decisions about future funding models.
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NewsITV regions attack ‘the enemy within'
Furious ITV regional news staff have rounded on their employer after it announced plans to slash 429 jobs from the division, claiming they and their viewers have been “steamrollered” by the commercial broadcaster.
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CommentHot Topic: ITV Regional News
No public interest is being served by letting ITV cut regional news, says Jeremy Dear.
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NewsSky may be forced to widen movie and sport access
BSkyB has too much power in the supply of premium content and could be made to offer it on a wholesale basis to rivals, Ofcom has said.
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NewsKevin Bishop dodges censure
One of Channel 4's most controversial comedies has escaped censure from Ofcom after amassing more than 300 complaints to the broadcaster and regulator.
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NewsITV rapped for airing Taggart in daytime
Ofcom has reprimanded ITV for subjecting 15,000 children to an “unrelenting” barrage of explicit violence in daytime repeats of Taggart on ITV1.
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NewsThompson: C4 needs new terms of trade
BBC director general Mark Thompson has called for a review of Channel 4's rights ownership to help safeguard its PSB future.
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NewsBurnham: PSB decisions by early '09
The government will announce its decisions on the future of PSB in the new year, culture secretary Andy Burnham has promised.
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NewsGovernment to review sports 'Crown Jewels'
The government is to review the make up of the 'Crown Jewels' listed sports events for the first time in 10 years, culture secretary Andy Burnham has revealed.
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Speech: Andy Burnham 26 Sept '08
Andy Burnham's speech to the Royal Television Society, 26 September 2008, titled Quality, standards, innovation - the way forward.
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NewsFive to formalise kids commitment
Five plans to adopt a more formal commitment to children's programming under plans the broadcaster is drawing up with Ofcom.
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NewsOfcom throws ITV regional quota lifeline
Plans to reduce ITV's regional programming quota will come as a relief to the commercial broadcaster, which has failed to hit its existing 50% spend target for the past two years.
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NewsBBC could follow ITV out of regions, warns NUJ
The NUJ has warned that ITV's plans to scale back its regional news output could clear the way for the BBC to follow suit.
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NewsCost of PSB? That's beer money
Viewers would only pay the price of a pint of beer for a month of public service programming on ITV, Channel 4 and Five, according to the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.
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NewsOfcom: ITV wants reduced indie quota
ITV wanted Ofcom to help it lobby the government to reduce the 25% quota of ITV1 programming that it has to source from indies, it has emerged.
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NewsOfcom: Halve ITV regional 'non-news' content
Ofcom has called for ITV to halve the amount of 'non-news' programmes it makes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and to cut its off-peak regional programmes by almost a third from next year.
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NewsOfcom:£235m gap in PSB by 2012
A£235m black hole in PSB funding is set to emerge by 2012, Ofcom has warned.
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NewsBBC2 show ignites contributor row
BBC2's Earth: The Climate Wars is at the centre of a new TV global warming row after four contributors claimed it misrepresented them.