Ofcom, which today published its second review of public service broadcasting, has launched a consultation on proposals that would see ITV cut some daytime news bulletins, to preserve peak time news, and rationalise news bulletins in the England ad Scottish Borders region from 17 programmes to nine.
For the media hacks who gathered at Ofcom's riverside headquarters in London this morning, there was an overwhelming sense of Groundhog Day – here we go again, with another presentation on public service broadcasting and another consultation.
Multicultural policy as shaped in the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s - state subsidised self-organisation of migrant groups, education in migrants' native languages, facilitating migrant broadcasting and political consultation facilities for migrant communities - is difficult to organise and to finance in the current age of migration.
Mr Rossiter has handled Ofcom's media relations on policy issues including the review of public service broadcasting and the consultations on the UK TV production sector and TV food advertising to children.
The media regulator published a set of rules that will govern how products can be promoted as part of a revised broadcasting code following a consultation with the industry.
The Committee of Advertising Practice launched a consultation on restrictions on the non-broadcasting advertising of food and drink to children, including online, in May and is expected to report next month.
The health campaign group, which was trying to force the broadcasting regulator to include a pre-watershed ban in its consultation on restricting marketing of unhealthy products to children, says Ofcom has changed its position and agreed to accept representations on a ban.
President Vladimir Putin held consultations late Sunday with Communications Minister Leonid Reiman on restoring broadcasting and ensuring communications for emergency services, news agencies reported.
Fox has already tabled a range of measures, or "firewall" remedies, to broadcasting regulator Ofcom which the CMA is now using as the basis of further consultation.
Inviting submissions for a final consultation, Ofcom said it planned to publish final proposals on revising the broadcasting code to allow TV and radio product placement by the end of the year.
