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The UK Home Office fears that entertainment programmes' increasing use of video footage from security cameras is undermining public confidence in closed circuit television and may ban broadcasters from using such material. This follows a report published at the end of February by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, in which the Committee recommends that the UK Government establish a uniform policy on the control and release of CCTV (closed-circuit television system) derived images from publicly owned surveillance. Legislation would prevent the prurient use of material...

The High Court in London has banned two men from dealing in Internet "domain names" in joint cases brought by Marks and Spencer plc, Ladbrokes plc, J Sainsbury plc, Virgin Enterprises plc, British Telecom plc and Telecom Securicor Cellular Radio Ltd. against One in A Million Ltd. In its judgement delivered on 28 November 1997 the High Court held that registration of domain names for the purpose of resale to owners of the trademarks is an action preparatory to trademark infringement. The two men and their businesses, One in a Million Ltd, Global Media Communications and Junic, registered names with...

The Director General of Fair Trading is obliged, under Section 186 (3) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, to make a report, at the end of each relevant period, to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, informing the Minister whether the BBC has complied with its obligation under Section 186 (1) of the Act to ensure that not less than 25% of the total amount of broadcasting time allocated to qualifying programmes is allocated to a range and diversity of independent productions (where "range" refers to cost of acquisition as well as to type of programming - see Section 186 (2). For the period...

The Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL), the UK regulator for telecommunications and some issues relating to digital television, has issued a consultative document on the approach to be taken in pricing and conditional access for digital television; this includes its proposed views on the issues.

At the end of December 1997, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) decided that BSkyB's cross-promotion of its pay-per-view services to all viewers of Sky channels, including cable subscribers who cannot access the Sky Box Office, is not anti-competitive and will be allowed to continue. The ITC however made the provision that cable operators must be permitted to opt-out of BskyB "call to action" promotions if they wish to. If this happens the cable operator must substitute a current BSkyB `generic' promotion, which is a general awareness-type ad, in its place. In the meantime the ITC also...