06 Dec 2002
| by FRANCESCA NEWLAND
CHI, Naked and clients can benefit from Naked Inside, Francesca Newland writes.
29 Nov 2002
The Government has said it will introduce stronger safeguards to prevent foreign broadcasters from "swamping" British TV screens with cheap imports after the ownership rules are relaxed. Measures include calls for tough UK production quotas to be imposed on any foreign media company that takes over...
29 Nov 2002
Imperial Tobacco sent a warning to the Government this week, stating that banning tobacco advertising would not kill the industry. The Government has promised to axe cigarette advertising by the end of the year, but the IT chief executive, Gareth Davies, said in countries where a ban existed, the tobacco...
21 Nov 2002
| by Parliamentary correspondent,
LONDON - The advertising industry's hopes of winning an early switch to a self-regulatory system for television and radio commercials have suffered a setback.
15 Nov 2002
The Government has confirmed that the new Communications Bill will be introduced in this Parliamentary session. The Queen's Speech stated that the Bill, expected to lead to widespread consolidation in the broadcast industry, will be introduced by this time next year.
15 Nov 2002
The Government is ready to relax the radio ownership rules further, paving the way for wider than expected consolidation. This could reduce the number of owners to two plus the BBC. - The Guardian.
31 Oct 2002
| by Parliamentary correspondent,
LONDON - Hopes that TV and radio commercials will be brought into line with the self-regulatory system for print advertising have been boosted by a U-turn by the government.
06 Sep 2002
The Government is set to allow US companies to buy British media
companies if they pledge to buy at least half of their programming from
this country. The plans have raised objections from a Parliamentary
committee, headed by the filmmaker Lord Puttnam, which argues that US
companies should not be allowed...
30 Aug 2002
| by IAN DARBY
Mark Thompson, the chief executive of Channel 4, used his
MacTaggart Lecture to seek government guarantees over Channel 4's future
funding while slamming creative standards in UK television.
16 Aug 2002
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL, caroline.marshall@haynet.com
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