30 Jan 2007
| by James Livesley
With Ofcom turning its attention to online public services, James Livesley looks at what...public service sector, hence communications regulator Ofcom s extension last week of its Public Service Publisher (PSP) initiative from broadcast to online. In its first review of public service broadcasting (PSB) in 2005, the regulator found that, while there was still support for public service programming ...
31 May 2000
| by MediaWeek
ITC consults on public service...commercial channels should retain their public service obligations. The issue is being raised as part of a wide- ranging consultation on the future of public service broadcasting being carried out ...
on communications. "The ITC needs to assess the importance of Public Service Broadcasting in the commercial sector ...
17 Jul 2003
| by MediaWeek
Ofcom to focus on public service...A massive review of public service broadcasting is top of Ofcom's policy agenda, Media Week ...
. The review will centre on the public and commercial requirements of the industry in relation ...
spokesman said: "The review will be a complex process involving public consultations and representations ...
30 Sep 2008
| by Emma Barnett
LONDON - Agencies have welcomed Ofcom proposals to allow ITV to significantly cut its public...As part of its second public service broadcasting review, the media regulator proposed that ITV can drop some regional news bulletins, reduce non-news regional programming by half and cut back ...
ITV makes common sense. These (PSB) services are expensive and don't produce big revenues and ...
15 Jun 2004
| by MediaWeek
Guardian launch casts new light on the public service...Public 3 out of 5 As they say in the public service, I should declare a non-pecuniary interest ...
in a modern, airy, yet thrifty, style. This magazine casts new light on the public service ...
with Public, The Guardian needs to do three things. First, discover or create the community of younger public ...
18 Sep 2007
| by Emma Barnett
ITV's executive chairman has called for the broadcaster's public service requirements to be dropped...to move the money around in a way that keeps
the public and shareholders interested." He also expressed ...
. Grade also addressed Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan on the issue
of public funding. He told Duncan C4 should be privatised, rather than
turn to public money, as it would lose its independence ...
30 Sep 2004
| by MediaWeek
Ofcom has proposed the creation of a new body to share the role of public service broadcasting...The so-called “public service publisher” would be publicly funded – through tax, an increased licence fee or the sale of spectrum – and not for profit. Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter said the BBC should remain fully funded. “ This is not top slicing and nor is it top slicing by another name ...
05 Oct 2004
| by MediaWeek
Ofcom has predicted commercial
broadcasters will have fewer public
service broadcasting obligations...The media watchdog, which is reviewing public service broadcasting at the request of Parliament, suggested a new “public service publisher” would ensure the BBC is not the monopoly provider of public ...
the new public service publisher could be funded through an increase in the licence fee, general tax ...
12 Oct 2004
| by MediaWeek
public service
provider, has met with a “mixed”
reception....The Financial Times is incredulous that, at a time of shrinking demand for public service ...
positive-sounding paragraphs about an interesting idea. But I welcome Ofcom’s public service provider as a ...
Ofcom uses to define public service television, ie what content the money would be spent on, are high ...
23 Jan 2007
| by Steve Barrett
of the main players are likely to admit it in public....to focus on core activities rather than lavishing large budgets on developing new products and services ...