Rolling review set for media owners
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The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom is poised to act on a law that would require review of media ownership rules biannually. The percentage of single company, European, and non-European ownership of British broadcasting companies may change after 2003.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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Lords deal 'blocks' Murdoch Five bid
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Rupert Murdoch's bid to acquire Channel Five in the United Kingdom has been stopped by concessions made in a deal between Lord Puttnam and the government. The concessions were related to the Communications Bill.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2003
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Lords rally to block "Murdoch clause"
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The UK's House of Lords will likely oppose the so-called "Murdoch clause," in tne Communicaitosn Bill, which lifts the ban on national newspaper owners from buying terrestrial TV channels.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2003
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