All Regulation articles – Page 98
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NewsBT: Kangaroo will distort competition
BT has warned that the creation of the industry joint venture Project Kangaroo will distort competition in the video-on-demand market.
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Ofcom unveils minorities report
Ethnic minorities are more likely to be interested in interactive TV but are increasingly concerned about programmes they deem unsuitable, according to new findings by Ofcom.
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NewsGCap station rapped over fakery
A Power FM presenter misled listeners by awarding a competition prize to her sister, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsRamsay dodges censure over puffin killing
Gordon Ramsay has escaped censure from Ofcom for hunting and eating puffins in his Channel 4 show The F Word.
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NewsOfcom blames Sky in Picnic row
Ofcom has hit back at BSkyB's claims that it was dragging its heels on the satellite giant's proposed Picnic service and claimed it was Sky's own fault for providing insufficient information.
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NewsWales 'disappoints' with response to PSB review
Ofcom contents and standard partner Stewart Purvis has spoken about about the “disappointing” responses from Wales to the first phase of the regulator's public service broadcasting review.
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RTS Wales PSB Event
Speech given by Stewart Purvis, Partner, Content and Standards, Ofcom, at the University of Glamorgan in Cardiff (12 September).
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NewsSky puts Picnic on ice
BSkyB has delayed plans to launch three pay channels on Freeview under the brand name Picnic.
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NewsTV veterans outline PSB options
The future options for PSB funding were scrutinised today in a debate at the London School of Economics ahead of this month's publication of the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.
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PSB model 1: Evolution
Public service broadcasters retain their designated PSB role, either reducing their duties or receiving more support.
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NewsPSB model 2: BBC only
The BBC becomes the sole UK-wide provider of PSB content. Limited plurality is provided only to the extent possible through other broadcasters' commercial output.
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NewsPSB model 3: BBC and Channel 4
This model would see BBC and Channel 4 have a PSB role while others bid for limited competitive funding.
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NewsPSB model 4: Broad competitive funding
Commercial PSBs pitch for long-term but transferable contract for specific PSB content, with funds awarded by a funding agency.
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NewsSBC: Move BBC channel to Scotland
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has called for one of the four major BBC channels to be moved to Scotland - but has stopped short of recommending a dedicated Scottish Six news bulletin.
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NewsBBC Trust to review licence fee collection
The BBC Trust is to ask the public if the BBC is too heavy handed in the way that it collects its licence fee, as part of a wide-ranging review launched today.
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NewsBectu backs Directors UK
Broadcasting union Bectu has given the recently established TV and film directors' body Directors UK the all-clear to negotiate directly with broadcasters.
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NewsKirstie and Phil beat Ofcom rap
Channel 4's Location, Location, Location has been cleared of political bias by Ofcom after its presenters launched a campaign to get stamp duty reformed.
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FeaturesFincham's finest hour: The verdict
In his rousing MacTaggart address, ITV director of television Peter Fincham pilloried Ofcom for imagining TV as a form of social engineering. Here top industry figures give their take on his speech.
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NewsShare the licence fee, say pay-TV viewers
Two in every three pay-TV viewers believe part of the television licence fee should go to broadcasters other than the BBC, according to research commissioned by Discovery Networks UK.
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News'Serious doubts' over BBCW's Lonely Planet deal
Edinburgh 08: Some members of the BBC Trust had “serious doubts” about approving BBCW's acquisition of travel publisher Lonely Planet, Time Out chairman Tony Elliott has claimed.