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- Public spirit of the Beeb is to come under scrutiny: while the industry acquaints itself with a new ITV, public service commitments will dominate debate over the future of TV--and the BBC Charter
- ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard lost no time last week in setting out his post-merger stall. Within hours of the Carlton-Granada deal being approved with fewer-than-expected strings, he was calling for ITV's public service programme obligat ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard lost no...
- Research articles 2003-10-16
- Public service is weakest link for ratings-led BBC: The BBC's ratings victory over ITV just means it is winning the race to dumb down, not meeting its duty to provide a public service.
- Life, itself a mystery, is full of daily enigmas: why does one sock always go missing? How is it that the remote control always ends up under a cushion? What makes the Hoover lead tie itself in knots? But now, at last, we have an answer to a once in...
- Research articles 2002-01-10
- Lay off the Beeb and let ITV off the leash
- Friends, commentators, licence fee payers, I come to praise the government's digital economy bill, not to bury it.Since the bill was published last month, media critics have jumped on a bandwagon that has rapidly gathered speed. But snap judgments do not stand up to scrutiny.A bill to deal with...
- News items 2009-12-01
- BBC to share iPlayer with rivals
- The BBC is proposing sharing its iPlayer technology with its UK TV rivals. The plan forms part of a wider set of public service proposals, which the BBC says could benefit public service broadcasters by more than GBP120m per year by 2014. ...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- Untimely demise of ad-funded public service programming: Ofcom has painted a bleak picture for ad-funded public service broadcasting just as ITV prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary
- So, farewell, TV advertising. For almost 50 years, the 30-second ad has funded a full range of high-quality public service broadcasting PSB in the UK. It was a remarkable achievement, harnessing ad revenue for public purposes--in stark contrast to So, farewell, TV advertising. For almost...
- Research articles 2004-10-07
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- ITV (ITV).
- Since the merger of Granada and Carlton, the KEY elements of ITV's investment case have centered on the regulatory environment. ITV's licence fee and public service broadcasting obligations are two such elements. Since the merger of Granada and Carlton, the KEY elements of ...
- Research articles 2004-10-15
- Public service broadcasting: dinosaur or party animal?
- The BBC's tradition of excellence will prevent it becoming a relic of a bygone age, argues Colin Cameron, Head of Production, BBC Scotland WELL, there's a surprise - "anonymous producers" criticise the commissioning systems in BBC and ITV and we are back to that scrumptious shorthand, "dumbing-down"....
- Research articles 1999-10-31
- BBC to share iPlayer with rivals
- The BBC is proposing sharing its iPlayer technology with its UK TV rivals. The plan forms part of a wider set of public service proposals, which the BBC says could benefit public service broadcasters by more than GBP120m per year by 2014. The BBC says its iPlayer platform could become...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Digital economy bill promises action on piracy, games and ITV regional news
- Bill offers illegal filesharing clampdown, tougher rules on video game age ratings and powers for Ofcom over ITV regional news A clampdown on unlawful online file-sharing, a push for the switchover to digital radio in 2015, tougher laws to stop children getting hold of violent video...
- News items 2009-11-18
- ITV welcomes Ofcom ruling.
- Industry regulator Ofcom has cut the amount of public-service broadcasting that ITV must undertake. Now, the amount of non-news regional programming that ITV must air will halve to one-and-a-half hours a week. Analysts estimate that this will save GB Industry regulator Ofcom has cut the amount...
- Research articles 2005-02-11
- Public broadcasters will have to pay Sky for carriage.(Brief Article)
- TV MEETS THE WEB-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ In what appears to be further proof of Rupert Murdoch's seeming power over the world's media, the UK's new Communications Bill is to back Sky's call for public service...
- Research articles 2002-11-18
- BBC Trust bins universal iPlayer plan
- The BBC Trust just made a bad decision , acting to prevent the BBC offering its iPlayer technology to other UK broadcasters. The BBC had hoped to turn its Adobe AIR application into a standard for UK broadcasters, offering them an alternative, non-US-owned way to bring...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Grade wants ITV freed of its public service broadcasting obligations
- Outlook Damn those dastardly bankers. But for the credit crunch, Michael Grade's turnaround strategy for ITV would be on course, if not ahead of schedule. As it is, he's veering badly, with targets for growth in both content and online revenues knocked back and TV advertising spend...
- Research articles 2008-08-07
- Ofcom publishes statements on programming for the Nations and Regions and ITV Networking Arrangements.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 June 2005-Ofcom: Ofcom publishes statements on programming for the Nations and Regions and ITV Networking ArrangementsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09062005 Ofcom today publishes the conclusions of its consultation on the provision of dedicated programming for the Nations and Regions...
- Research articles 2005-06-09
- The rebirth of the BBC; Britain's public service broadcaster has
- Few comebacks are so sudden. One minute it was an ailing, creaking state monolith on the brink of extinction, the next it emerged as a vibrant, leading edge broadcaster and a dominant player across the nation's media. It's official: the BBC is back from the dead. In...
- Research articles 2002-07-07
- BBC Wins Support For Open VOD Standard, Will Share iPlayer With Rivals
- UK commercial TV leader ITV (LSE: ITV) and telco BT (NYSE: BT) are signing up to a BBC project to create an open standard for delivering on-demand video over broadband to living room TVs. They are joining Project Canvas, under which the BBC wants to mobilise content makers, ISPs...
- External links 2008-12-11
- Friends Reunited sale referred to regulator
- ITV faces another regulatory setback to its online ambitions with its £25m sale of Friends Reunited being referred to the Competition Commission. The broadcaster had agreed a sale of the social networking site to Brightsolid, a division of DC Thomson & Co, the newspaper and magazine publisher, in August. Brightsolid...
- News items 2009-11-03
- UK Broadcasters Want Freeview HD DRM'd To Tackle PVR Piracy
- Freeview TV operators in the UK want to stop the mass, unauthorised copying of HD content by demanding that set-top box and PVR manufacturers accept new DRM standards. Expressing the concerns of Freeview shareholders including Channel 4 and ITV (LSE: ITV), the BBC wrote to Ofcom asking it...
- External links 2009-09-16
- BBC to slash management pay bill
- The BBC's £79m pay bill for senior management is to be cut by a quarter under plans approved yesterday by the broadcaster's regulatory body, which will see more than 100 positions axed by 2013. Executive directors also face an "indefinite" suspension of bonuses as part of the scheme, put forward...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Weekend Round-Up
- Sunday Times Alistair Darling acts on bank bonuses: The Chanceller of the Exchequer will be summoning the remuneration committee chairmen of the big four banks to a meeting this week to warn them they must adhere to guidelines established agreed by world leaders at the G20 summit...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
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