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Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference Jeremy Hunt: Tories will stand by BBC licence fee deal Shadow culture secretary rules out ripping up licence fee deal, saying this could could threaten BBC's impartiality Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Tags: BBC Trust, BBC News, licence fee, Jeremy Hunt, shadow culture, culture secretary, fee deal, bbc charter, United Kingdom, London, BBC, Mark Thompson, Politics, Criticism of the BBC, Television licensing in the United Kingdom, Television in the United Kingdom, Television licence
This comes on the heels of the department of telecom appointing private auditors to look into the books of telcos after it was detected that some of the operators were diverting revenues in segments which attracted lower licence fee. Mobile services attract...
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Mark Thompson, to complete his strategic review of all the BBC's services without having to worry about top-slicing. Details of Thompson's review are due to emerge in the new year. The source said: "From our perspective it is good news but it should...
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A Department of Telecom panel had recommended 8.5 percent as the uniform licence fee...Internet with Net telephony paying only six per cent while pure ISPs pay no licence fee. DoT mooted the idea of uniform licence fee after allegation came against RCom...
Tags: licence fee, uniform licence, Bharti Airtel, BSNL, India, New Delhi, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Television licence, Bharti Enterprises, BSE Sensex, Mobile phone companies of India, Vodafone, Business Finance
A Tory government would sweep away cross-media ownership rules that prevent local groups owning more than one newspaper or radio station to provide tougher competition for the BBC and give commercial media groups more chance of survival. Shadow culture...
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Tories should ditch BBC licence fee, Greg Dyke panel suggests The BBC logo above the main entrance to Television Centre in London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images A review of Tory media policy led by the former BBC director general Greg Dyke...
Tags: BBC, Greg Dyke, licence fee
ITV could appoint Tony Ball as chief executive this week Former BSkyB chief Tony Ball to be discussed as candidate at ITV board meeting, with pay differences 'not insurmountable' Tony Ball. Photograph: Murdo Macleod ITV could ratify the appointment...
Tags: Murdo Macleod ITV, ITV PLC, Tony Ball, Ben Bradshaw, licence fee, BBC, competitive commission, Carlton, culture secretary, Granada, United Kingdom
A financial study is underway to ascertain the cost of the project and it is possible central Government will assist. Residential water charges may be imposed at some stage. ------ Federated Farmers is applauding the Government's decision to block Fish...
Tags: water permit, Federated Farmers, licence fee, permit trading
Chairman James Murdoch says the publicly funded BBC threatens the survival of independent journalism in Britain. "The BBC is dominant. Other organizations might rise and fall but the BBC's income is guaranteed and growing," Murdoch told the Edinburgh...
Tags: BBC Trust, James Murdoch, Mr Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, licence fee, News Corporation, independence journalism, Edinburgh Television Festival, providing free, Britain
The BBC today fought on in its battle not to share the licence fee with other broadcasters, as MPs criticised the stance taken by BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons and director general Mark Thompson . John Whittingdale, the chairman of the House of...
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