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On 15 November 2001, the Independent Television Commission published a revision to its Programme Code ("the ITC Programme Code"). The Section in question is 2.11 and it deals with the reporting of offences (including sexual offences) involving children (i.e., anyone under the age of 18). The Section now reads: "Reporting of sexual and other offences involving children Where children are or have been involved in police enquiries or court proceedings concerning sexual offences, special care needs to be taken to avoid the so called 'jigsaw effect'. This happens when several reports in different media...

Supported by the Disability Rights Commission, new guidelines for television and radio programme producers on the issues of the practicalities and benefits of working with people with disabilities, entitled "Adjusting the Picture", were published at the end of October by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) and the Broadcasters' Disability Network. The guidelines cover a range of issues, e.g., language issues ("talking with" and "talking about" disabled people); employment matters; programme-making (stereotypes, representation and contributors in a variety of settings); and what considerations...

During the Mipcom fair held in Cannes at the beginning of October, the Franco-German cultural broadcaster ARTE announced that it would in future be making joint productions with the BBC. An increasing number of co-productions will be made in the next few years, particularly documentaries on cultural, artistic and social themes. As a result, the ARTE network, which unites various European public broadcasters through association and co-operation agreements, now includes an English-language representative.

The Independent Television Commission (ITC), the British regulator of broadcasters other than the BBC, has required a broadcast apology from Channel 4 over its broadcast of a highly controversial satirical programme on paedophilia and on its treatment in the media. The programme, in the series "Brass Eye", was broadcast on 26 July and repeated on 27 July, attracting around 1,000 complaints to the ITC. The Culture Secretary (the minister responsible for broadcasting) had also intervened by expressing concern about the inability of the ITC to prevent the broadcasting of the repeat. In its adjudication,...

The British Culture Secretary has announced her longawaited decision on the BBC's proposals for four new digital television channels and five new digital radio services. Government approval is needed for the BBC to vary the number or geographical coverage of its services. Guidelines drawn up by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport set out conditions for such approval relating to the nature of the new services and the procedure for consultation on them to be adopted by the BBC. The proposals were especially controversial as they were strongly opposed by rival commercial broadcasters as duplicating...