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The High Court has confirmed the interpretation adopted by the Radio Authority of the concept of control in the legal provisions limiting the multiple holding of radio licences in the UK. The law is extremely complex, but to summarise, the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Broadcasting (Restriction of the Holding of Licences) Order 1991 prohibit the holding of more than six such licences. In order to avoid the effect of this section, a company made arrangements to create a new company to hold licences on its behalf; shares would be owned equally in it by the first company and its bankers; the first...

The imminent onset of video-on-demand, pay-per-view and near-video-on-demand services has caused the Independent Television Commission to reconsider its policy as regards the viewing of unsuitable material by children. The existing approach is spelt out in the Family Viewing Policy within the ITC Programme Code and largely relies on scheduling controls. The review recognises that the newer services are watched as a result of an individual decision to pay to watch. This implemented by technical means, which restrict access to someone properly authorised, and in possession of a billing PIN number....

After 18 months of internal discussion and its largest ever exercise in public consultation, the BBC has produced its strategy review. The review notes the changing nature of the Corporation's audience and the necessity of reflecting more fully the needs of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English Regions as well as different age groups and religious and ethnic minorities. The consultation suggested that most of the audience was broadly satisfied but that some groups, especially the young, the less well-off and those furthest from London found the BBC out of touch with ordinary people...

Pursuant to its duty under the Broadcasting Act 1990 (section 153), the Broadcasting Standards Council published its third annual report on television content during 1994. The report, based on studies of violence, sexual activity and bad language, deals with both the proportion and frequency of incidents and the response of viewers. The research is based on sample periods of primetime television. The content analysis covered some 450 hours of satellite and terrestrial television programmes from BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4, Sky One, the Movie Channel, Sky Movies and Sky Movies Gold over two one week periods....

According to a research report by the British Media Industry Group, the BBC has by far the biggest "share of voice" in the British media. With a 19.7 per cent "share of voice", the BBC has nearly twice the weight of its nearest rival - News International with 10.6 per cent. The organisation with the third largest "share of voice" is the Daily Mail and General Trust (publisher of the Daily Mail and a large number of regional newspapers), followed by The Mirror Group. The report comes from the British Media Industry Group, which consists of various national newspaper groups (Associated Newspapers,...