New action on violence
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A 12-month study, backed by the BBC, the Independent Television Commission (ITC), and the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), has recommended that UK's five terrestrial channels must display more explicit warnings before showing violent programs. The recommendation was a response to concerns that the existing safeguards, which classify programs as 'candid,' 'hard-hitting,' or 'realistic,' are not enough to give viewers warning of what to expect from programs. The working group also called for a Statement of Common Principles on the portrayal of violence on television, which has already gained approval of existing broadcasters in the UK.
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UK: Study recommends five terrestrial channels must display more explicit warnings before showing violent programs
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1998
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WWEN to lose R5 Live contract
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WorldWide Entertainment News (WWEN), a subsidiary of Mentorn Barraclough Carey, has received another major blow with BBC Radio 5 Live's decision to terminate its entertainment news contract with the company. The news came out just three months following NBC Europe 's pronouncement it will exit most European markets and give up its entertainment show, The Ticket, and its celebrity talk show, VIP. Both programs are aired daily and produced by WWEN. A spokesperson of R5 Live acknowledged the company will not renew its contract with WWEN, which is scheduled to expire in March 1999.
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Receives another major blow w/ BBC Radio 5 Live's decision to terminate its entertainment news contract w/ company
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1998
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Scotland picks Ramsay
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BBC Scotland has commissioned the first feature film of award-winning writer and director, Lynne Ramsay. Ramsay, who brought home the Prix du Jury for the short film, Gasman, has written and will direct Ratcatcher, a new 90-minute film, produced by Pathe Pictures, BBC Scotland and BBC Films. Ratcatcher, a film based on a true-story of a 12-year-old boy in the refuse workers strike of 1975, is scheduled to be released in theaters in 1999 and will be aired on BBC 2 two years hence.
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Has commissioned the first feature film of award-winning writer and director, Lynne Ramsay
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1998
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