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		<title><![CDATA[Orange/T-Mobile Deal Could Hurt Consumers-Ofcom]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Georgina ProdhanLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The proposed merger of the British operations of telecoms carriers Orange and T-Mobile might curb competition in ways that hurt consumers, regulator Ofcom said on Thursday.In a report on the state of the mobile market, Ofcom said it was satisfied that consumers were well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:02:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile and Orange merger could face concessions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange may be asked to make concessions to competition regulators in order to get approval for their UK merger. Ed Richards, CEO of UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom, says regulators are likely to ask the mobile operators to relinquish radio spectrum. Regulators may also scrutinise how...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:42:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[James Murdoch In Edinburgh: 'Analogue Attitudes In A Digital Age']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Twenty years after his father Rupert Murdoch delivered the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, chip-off-the-old-block James Murdoch took the stage tonight to lambaste the BBC, decry Ofcom and call for an end to what he calls the &#8220;creationist&#8221; approach to managing media&#8212;the end of &#8220;analogue attitudes...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[O2 may enter T-Mobile bidding war]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ O2 is likely to join the bidding war for T-Mobile, the UK mobile operator owned by Deutsche Telekom which has been valued at between EUR3bn (USD4.2bn) and EUR4bn (USD5.6bn). O2 currently owns 27% of the UK market, and may be looking to strengthen its position as the mobile market...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:21:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BBC to share iPlayer with rivals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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.       ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Channel 4 could merge with BBC Worldwide]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ UK ministers and execs from broadcast regulator Ofcom are discussing a plan to merge the BBC&#8217;s profitable Worldwide wing with Channel 4 in a bid to save the beleaguered channel from bankruptcy. Though Channel 4 makes its money from advertising, it is publicly owned and, in the eyes of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:23:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It is commercial television that is really in peril]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_20080802/ai_n27976562]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Carol Vorderman has, apparently, become too expensive for Channel 4's game show Countdown. Gone are the carefree days when Channel 4 could afford to poach Paul O'Grady from ITV to chase teatime ratings. Now, says C4 chief executive Andy Duncan, it can only fulfil its public service remit if someone...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BBC fined after new phone-in scandals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; The BBC was fined 400,000 pounds Wednesday after a string of top television and radio shows faked winners of their competitions.  The fine, imposed by media regulator Ofcom, is the latest in a string of similar scandals involving British broadcasters, which has tarnished their reputation for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beeb behaved like a Da Vinci Code villain, The]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time Opus Dei was portrayed as a murderous, self-flagellating, power-hungry secret society of monstrous hypocrites was -- you may remember -- in The Da Vinci Code, first in the novel, then in the film starring Tom Hanks. Millions read the book, millions saw the film, millions decided that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ofcom And BBC Trust Working Together To Upgrade DTT.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2008-Ofcom: Ofcom And BBC Trust Working  Together To Upgrade DTTC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD     RDATE:03042008     Ofcom and the BBC Trust have announced today how they plan to work  together on the process of upgrading the digital terrestrial television...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BROADBAND : OFCOM MAY DEREGULATE PART OF UK MARKET.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ofcom, the British telecoms regulator, received the European  Commission's clearance on 14 February to deregulate the most  competitive part of the UK broadband market wholesale market for  operators. The EU executive stressed the regulator's excellent  work and the high level of competition in the sector in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ofcom Gets The Nod To Deregulate Most U.K. Broadband]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PJR/is_4_6/ai_n24353582]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission EC has agreed to allow U.K. regulator Ofcom to  deregulate wholesale broadband serving almost 65 percent of all of Britain's  businesses and homes, saying that enough competition exists to scrap the  European Union EU rules.  EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding told a hearing...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Broadcast views WHAT IS SCOTTISH BROADCASTING'S FUTURE? WHAT IS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20070805/ai_n19444235]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Stuart Cosgrove, director of nations and regions, Channel 4 "Scottish broadcasting is at a crossroad and faces substantial choices. Challenges exist all along the chain of production and distribution.   There are no easy solutions.   "The first question is what our broadcasting is for? Is it to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who killed Scotland's TV? 'TELEVISION: REGIONAL PRODUCTION]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20070701/ai_n19339412]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MICHAEL Grade's angry words will have been ringing in the ears of Scottish producers as they returned from Cardiff over the weekend. With his face pink and his eyes bulging, the ITV chief executive gave short shrift to suggestions that Scotland should get commissions on anything other than merit. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The role of licence-exemption in spectrum reform]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: Spectrum reform initiatives in the US and Europe have identified a need to move away from the traditional "command and control" approach towards flexible and tradable licences and licence-exemption. Current regulatory initiatives are tending to focus on the flexible licensing route, and there is a risk that licence-exemption will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With race row still rumbling, new British 'Big Brother' kicks off]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200705/ai_n19190249]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; A reality television show which sparked a racist bullying row involving Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty was back on air for a new series Wednesday.  But moments before the eighth series of "Big Brother" got under way, broadcasters Channel 4 were forced to screen details of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MOTORING: REAR VIEW Mirror - BBC'S TOP GAFFE]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20070527/ai_n19181878]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been told off by the British media watchdog Ofcom for a remark he made during an episode of Top Gear last year.    The producers of the programme were also warned about broadcasting the remark.    Ofcom's actions come...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ofcom threatens to punish ITV for ever-decreasing Scottish spend ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20070527/ai_n19184186]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ITV faces production quotas if it does not make more network programmes in Scotland, the Scottish director of communications watchdog Ofcom has warned.   Vicki Nash said that ITV risked receiving the punishment after it emerged that the already small amount it spends on making network programmes in Scotland...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[British broadcaster must apologise over Shetty race row]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200705/ai_n19173291]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; A British broadcaster embroiled in a racist bullying row involving Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on a reality television show was ordered Thursday to make an unprecedented series of on-air apologies.  Britain's communications watchdog Ofcom found Channel 4 guilty of "serious editorial misjudgement" over incidents in "Celebrity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ofcom begins market impact assessment of BBC's proposed HDTV service.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200705/ai_n19746277]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-22 May 2007-Ofcom: Ofcom begins market impact  assessment of BBC's proposed HDTV serviceC1994-2007 M2  COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:22052007    The BBC has applied for permission to provide a mixed-genre digital  TV channel in high-definition format, available free-to-view without  advertisements.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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