11 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
the rules with a new anti-sleaze code that will govern future media announcements and control the power...The new anti-sleaze code will state that government announcements should be made to MPs before ...
announcements of government policy should be made, in the first instance, to parliament".
The move is the government's response to the House of Commons public administration select committee's report ...
07 Dec 2001
| by ALASDAIR REID
and philosophical.
You'll find it sprinkled liberally throughout the Government's
consultation document ...
for their best of all possible media worlds. "The Government's
task," they state, "is to create a framework ...
White Paper, but it helps to confirm government thinking
on a few substantive points ...
06 Dec 2001
The government has launched an ad campaign, through Ogilvy 1.5m push,launched on
Monday by Home Office Minister Beverley Hughes, covers newspapers, radio
and magazines.
...
05 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
was the only channel to be rejected out of four digital TV channels the BBC proposed to the government. BBC 4 ...
04 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The UK government has announced a series of measures designed to boost the uptake...and urge businesses to take up government tax breaks which "could cut more than 50 off a typical 260 broadband connection bill", according to a government statement.
The announcement comes as Alexander ...
the government on what needs to be done to roll out broadband services across the UK.
The government's new ...
29 Nov 2001
| by Sylvia Westall,
LONDON - The government has launched a TV and radio advertising campaign, featuring Birds of a...on the new e-commerce section on the government's consumer website and in leaflets to be sent out to libraries, Citizens' Advice Bureaux and local authorities.
Advice from the government's consumer ...
29 Nov 2001
The Newspaper Society is concerned that the government's
consultation on media ownership rules fails to understand how newspapers
and regional media markets operate, and threatens to increase the
regulatory burden on local newspapers.
...
26 Nov 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
Carlton's shares were priced at 243.75p this afternoon and Granada was at 150p as the market reacted favourably to news that the government is to scrap the current rule prohibiting single ownership of the two London ITV licences.
BSkyB also saw its share price soar, up 4.8% to 851p, as the FTSE 100 ...
23 Nov 2001
The Government will enter talks with agencies about a 3
million marketing push for Travel Line, its project aiming to encourage
more people to make use of public transport. COI Communications is
co-ordinating the pitch process. - Marketing.
...
19 Nov 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The government's proposals to switch off the analogue signal by 2010 received a welcome...The government's plans to switch off the analogue signal between 2006 and 2010 have looked ...
.
ITV Digital parents Carlton and Granada have been lobbying for government support as the platform ...
.
The government's problem is that without terrestrial digital TV the switch-off can not go ahead as it is the only ...