British Television Policy: A Reader

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ISBN: 9780415198714 | 0415198712
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Copyright: 8/24/2001

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British Television Policyprovides a forum for the significant policy debates which have informed and shaped television broadcasting since the publication in 1986 of the Peacock Committee Report on the financing of the BBC.The Readerpresents key documents and critically analyzes their impact on the organization, financial resources, program content, editorial philosophy and the regulatory environment of television broadcasting.

Glossary

xiv

Acknowledgements

xxi

Television Policy Post-Peacock: An Introduction

(18)

PART ONE Television Broadcasting Policy: Public Service Broadcasting

(28)

Changing Understandings and Perceptions

The Broadcasting Research Unit and Public Service Broadcasting

(1)

BRU, The Public Service Idea in British Broadcasting: Main Principles, 1985

The Times Critique of Public Service Broadcasting

(2)

The Times, `Whither the BBC?', 1985

Peacock and Public Service Broadcasting

(4)

Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC, 1986

The Future of the BBC and Public Service Broadcasting

(2)

The Future of the BBC, Cm 2098 1992

No Change? Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age

(1)

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, The Big Switch? Digital Future -- Turn-On or Turn-Off?, Speech, October 1998

Davies and Public Service Broadcasting

(3)

The Future Funding of the BBC, Report of the Independent Review Panel, 1999

The End of Public Service Broadcasting?

(3)

DTI and DCMS, A New Future For Communications, Cm 5010, 2000

Critical Voices

Freedom in Broadcasting versus the Public Service Tradition

(3)

MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, 1989

Rupert Murdoch

Defending Public Service Broadcasting from `Occupying Powers'

(1)

MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, 1993

Dennis Potter

The Campaign for Quality Television and Public Service Broadcasting

(1)

CQT, The Purposes of Broadcasting, 1998

Public Interest Broadcasting

(4)

MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, 1999

Richard Eyre

PART TWO Television Broadcasting Policy: Finance

(42)

Thatcher and Peacock Set an Agenda

Television Broadcasting Policy: Margaret Thatcher's Analysis and Policy Prescriptions

(3)

The Downing Street Years, 1993

Margaret Thatcher

The Peacock Committee: Terms of Reference and Recommendations for a `Functioning Broadcasting Market'

(6)

Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC, Cmnd 9824, 1986

Financing the Commercial Sector of Television

Progeny of Peacock

(2)

Broadcasting in the '90s: Competition, Choice and Quality, Cm 517, 1988

The Franchise Auction and the Broadcasting Act 1990

(3)

Broadcasting Act 1990

The ITC and the Renewal of Channel 3 Licences

(1)

ITC Sets Out Terms For Renewal of Channel 3 Licences, ITC News Release 109/98, 25 November 1998

Privatising Channel 4

(3)

The Privatisation of Channel 4, a Speech delivered at the Edinburgh Festival, 1996

Michael Grade

Financing the BBC

Peacock and the Licence Fee

(2)

Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC, Cmnd 9824, 1986

Paying for the BBC: The Options

(3)

Department of National Heritage, The Future of the BBC, Cm 2098, 1992

Privatising the BBC?

(2)

Sharper Visions: The BBC and the Communications Revolution, 1993

Ian Hargreaves

Producer Choice and Organisational Change at the BBC: John Birt's Response to his Critics

(2)

`The BBC: Past and Present', Speech, 1993

John Birt

The Davies Report: The Case for a Digital Licence Supplement

(3)

The Future Funding of the BBC, Report of the IRP, 1999

Commercial Television's Response to the Davies Report

(2)

`A Tax Too Far', Guardian, 1999

Clive Jones

The BBC's Response to the Davies Review Panel

(2)

BBC Response to Licence Panel Fee Report, BBC News Release, 1999

The Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport: Rejecting the Davies Proposals

(3)

Funding the BBC, Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, 1999

The Funding Review of the BBC: The Parliamentary Statement by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Chris Smith

(2)

Hansard, 2000

PART THREE Television Broadcasting Policy: Programmes

(40)

What is Broadcasting Quality?

Broadcasting Quality: Snooker or La Traviata?

(2)

`In Defence of Quality', Listener Lecture, 1989

Simon Jenkins

Quality in Broadcasting: An `Essentially Contested Concept'

(3)

`Television's Holy Grail: Seven Types of Quality', 1990

Geoff Mulgan

Defining Quality in Television: Views from the Broadcasting Research Unit

(3)

BRU, Quality in Television: Programmes, Programme-makers, Systems, 1989

Programming Policy and the BBC

The Future of the BBC: Options for Programming

100

(2)

Department of National Heritage, The Future of the BBC, Cmnd 2098, 1992

BBC Programming Policy: Extending Choice by Pursuing `Complementary Objectives'

102

(2)

BBC, Extending Choice: The BBC's Role in the New Broadcasting Age, 1992

People and Programmes: Continuity and Change in BBC Programming

104

(2)

BBC, People and Programmes, 1995

People and Programmes not Policies and Processes: Hussey's Criticisms of Birt's Reforms

106

(2)

Parliamentary Debates, Lords, 1999

Maintaining the `Gold Standard': Greg Dyke, BBC Programming and the Digital Television Marketplace

108

(3)

MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, 2000

Greg Dyke

News, Current Affairs and Children's Programmes

Changing News and Current Affairs Commitments at Granada

111

(4)

`World in Action Meets Yoof TV . . .', Guardian, 1999

`Flashing Blue Light' Television: The ITC Annual Programme Review

115

(2)

ITC, Annual Reports and Accounts, 1998

The Decline of Documentaries on ITV

117

(3)

CQT, Serious Documentaries on ITV, 1998

Changing Trends in British Television Current Affairs

120

(3)

Changing Trends in British Television: A Case Study of Drama and Current Affairs, 1999

Steven Barnett

Emily Seymour

News at Ten: Markets versus Interfering Politicians

123

(2)

public lecture, 1999

Richard Eyre

The Americanisation of Children's Television?

125

(4)

The Integrity and Erosion of Public Television for Children: A Pan-European Survey, 1998

Jay G. Blumler

Daniel Biltereyst

PART FOUR Television Broadcasting Policy: Regulation

129

(48)

Programme Content

Regulating the BBC: The Governors, the Public and Accountability

132

(4)

BBC, Governing Today's BBC: Broadcasting, the Public Interest and Accountability, 1997

The BBC's Producers' Guidelines, the ITC Programme Code and the BSC's Code of Conduct

136

(1)

Beechers Brook, Regulation and the Broadcasting Act 1990

137

(2)

Broadcasting Act 1990

Regulating for Regional Programming

139

(1)

CQT, The Purposes of Broadcasting, 1998

The Broadcasting Standards Commission

140

(2)

Broadcasting Act 1996

Regulating Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age

142

(4)

DTI and DCMS, A New Future for Communications, Cm 5010, 2000

Media Ownership

A Bill to Regulate for Media Diversity

146

(3)

Chris Mullin MP, Hansard, 1995

Media Ownership: The Government's View

149

(3)

Department of National Heritage, Media Ownership: The Government's Proposals, Cm 2872, 1995

Shaping the Democratic Vision: Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom and Reforming Regulation

152

(2)

CPBF, 21st Century Media: Shaping the Democratic Vision, 1996

The Need to Regulate the Market in Television Broadcasting

154

(3)

CQT, The Purposes of Broadcasting, 1998

Relaxing the Rules: Media Ownership and A New Future for Communications

157

(3)

DTI and DCMS, A New Future for Communications, Cm 5010, 2000

Convergence in the Digital Age

Regulating Communications: An Evolutionary Approach

160

(4)

DTI and DCMS, Regulating Communications: Approaching Convergence in the Digital Age, Cm 4022, 1998

Regulation in the Digital Television Age

164

(2)

CQT, The Purposes of Broadcasting, 1998

The ITC and the Future of Regulation

166

(1)

`The Future of Regulation', Speech to Royal Television Society, 1999

Sir Robin Biggam

The BBC Response to Regulating Communications

167

(2)

BBC Response to Regulating Communications: Approaching Convergence in the Information Age

The Regulation of Television in the Digital Age

169

(3)

Lecture to Royal Television Society, 1999

Chris Smith

Regulating the Gateways to Digitopia

172

(1)

`The Prize and the Price: The Social, Political and Cultural Consequences of the Digital Age', New Statesman Lecture, 1999

John Birt

OFCOM: A New Regulatory Body

173

(4)

DTI and DCMS, A New Future For Communications, Cm 5010, 2000

PART FIVE Television Broadcasting Policy: Political Communications

177

(33)

Broadcasters and Politicians: The Relationship Under Pressure

The Broadcasting Ban on Reporting Northern Ireland

180

(2)

Parliamentary Debates, `Broadcasting and Terrorism', 1988

The Windlesham / Rampton Report on Death on the Rock

182

(3)

Foreword by Ian Trethowen, 1989

Politicians and the Culture of Dependency

185

(3)

MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, 1994

Greg Dyke

Impartiality

The Broadcasting Act 1990 and Impartiality

188

(2)

The Broadcasting Act 1990

Impartiality or Censorship?

190

(3)

`A Code for Charlatans', Guardian, 1990

John Pilger

Television and Parliament

The Debate about Televising the House of Commons

193

(2)

Parliamentary Affairs, 1986

Bob Franklin

Televising the Commons: The Case in Favour

195

(3)

Parliamentary Debates, 1986

Michael Foot

Televising the Commons: The Case Against

198

(2)

in Televising Democracies, 1992

Roger Gale

Televising the Commons: The Decline across a Decade

200

(3)

Electronics Media, Parliament and the People, 1999

Stephen Coleman

Party Political Broadcasting

The History of Party Political Broadcasting

203

(3)

The Broadcasters' Consortium, Consultation Paper on the Reform of Party Political Broadcasting, 1998

Reform of the Party Political Broadcast: The Broadcasters' Proposals

206

(2)

The Broadcasters' Consortium, Consultation Paper on the Reform of Party Political Broadcasting, 1998

Party Election Broadcasts: The New Guidelines

208

(2)

The Broadcasters' Consortium, Consultation Paper on the Reform of Party Political Broadcasting, 1998

Guide to Further Reading

210

(4)

Appendix A: Parliamentary Debates on Television Policy: A Chronological Listing

214

(3)

Appendix B: Committees of Inquiry into Broadcasting and Television Policy

217

(10)

Index

227

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