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Ofcom
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James Murdoch to give RTS keynote
21st Century Fox boss James Murdoch will give the keynote address at the RTS Cambridge conference…
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Ofcom to set UK originals quotas for BBC
The BBC’s new regulator, Ofcom, will demand the UK’s pubcaster produces a minimum number of…
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UK politicians call for Ofcom Murdoch enquiry
A group of UK cross-party politicians has called for Ofcom to launch a review into…
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Ofcom details how it will regulate the BBC
Ofcom has revealed details of how it will regulate the BBC from next April. The…
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Ofcom names C4 board members
UK media regulator Ofcom has announced four new board members for UK public broadcaster Channel…
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UK kids switching off TV
For the first time children aged five to 15 now spend more time online than…
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Netflix is most popular UK on-demand service
Netflix is by far the most popular paid-for video-on-demand service in the UK, and is…
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RTÉ deputy chief exiting for Ofcom
The deputy director general of Irish pubcaster RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, is set to exit and…
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UK nets’ factual spend hits £522m, kids down
New Ofcom stats show UK public broadcasters spent more on factual programmes in 2015 than…
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Watchdog, industry call on C4 to programme for kids
Calls for Channel 4 to do more to cater for kids are getting louder, as…
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‘30% of UK adults see TV getting worse’
Around 30% of UK adults thought that the quality of TV programming got worse in…
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Ofcom: BT must open up Openreach
BT must open up its Openreach infrastructure arm to competitors, but for now will not…
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Gov’t committee: BBC Trust ‘should be abolished’
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has “lost confidence and credibility and should be…
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Channel 4 appoints new chairman
UK commercial pubcaster Channel 4 has appointed Charles Gurassa as its new chairman. He will…
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Comedy Central apologises after Ofcom rap
The UK Comedy Central channel has issued an apology and changed its in-house guidelines after…
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UK government orders independent BBC review
The UK government has appointed former Virgin Money and Prudential chairman and former Bank of…
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Netflix leads Amazon as UK viewers prioritise movies
Netflix has 4.4 million paying customers in the UK and Amazon Prime Instant Video 1.2…
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BT fires salvo in battle with Sky
Ofcom should amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay TV, so…
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‘PSBs investing less in UK content’
Investment in UK-originated content has decreased in recent years, but satisfaction with public service channels…
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Maxdome CEO to exit
German VOD service Maxdome is saying goodbye to its CEO for the second time in…
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UK political row over mooted censorship plan
Prominent members of the UK government have been revealed to be at odds over mooted…
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Ofcom rejects Virgin Media calls to delay Premier League auction
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has reject calls by Virgin Media to delay the current Premier…
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Political squabble envelops UK’s Ofcom
Ofcom deputy chair and British Conservative peer Baroness Sheila Noakes has acknowledge that her activity…
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Regulator to assess Sky Sports wholesale mandate
Ofcom has launched a consultation to look at whether regulation that requires Sky to offer…
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Ofcom appoints new chief executive
Ofcom has appointed Sharon White as its chief executive. White joins from the UK Treasury…
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UK PSB programme spend, viewing figures drop
British public service broadcasting is “performing well” despite falls in both programme spend and viewing,…
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BBC Trust to launch BBC Three consultation
The BBC Trust is due to launch a public consultation next month about plans to…
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News brief: International exec takes the reins at Ofcom
UK communications regulator Ofcom has appointed Steve Unger as acting chief executive. Unger is director…
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Channel Five to increase originals and news spend
UK broadcaster Channel 5 will increase its news and original programming output, according to new…
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Ofcom issues UK local TV warning
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has said that it is “very unlikely” that all the new…