Archives for October 2008
On-demand Audiovisual Media Services: Transposing the Requirements of the AVMS Directive
Published on 8 Oct 2008 at 12:09 pm.
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Filed under On-demand, Broadcasting, AVMS Directive.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
When the Communications Act was enacted in 2003, on-demand services on the internet and elsewhere ceased to be regulated under the Broadcasting Acts. Content regulation was withdrawn. It was sufficient to comply with the law of the land (such as the Obscene Publications Act and the laws of defamation).
This new freedom is, […]
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Government Launches New UK Council for Child Internet Safety
Published on 4 Oct 2008 at 11:45 am.
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Filed under Internet.
Blog Author: Cate Haywood
On 29 September 2008, the Government set up the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), consisting of over 100 organisations from the public and private sector who will report to the Prime Minister and will help deliver the recommendations made in Dr Tanya Byron’s report ‘Safer Children in a Digital World’. […]
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