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  Retreat on BBC local radio cuts should signal advance for local media policy

  November 29, 2011 / View TV News

  Distant bugles sound impending retreat. It’s “not out of the question” that the BBC will relent on cutting 280 jobs and £15m a year out of local radio budgets, according to its chief operating officer. The director general himself adds a phrase or two of wriggle room. A vehement staff and listener campaign against the 14% savings proposed over the next five years begins to bear fruit. MPs, of course, are formidable allies in such a cause, for MPs have [...]

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  KM Group considers move into local TV

  November 22, 2011 / View TV News

  Kent newspaper publisher KM Group is considering a move into local TV following its failed bid to buy a group of titles from Northcliffe Media last month.
  Group chair Geraldine Allinson said a move into local TV would be a “natural step” for the publisher but admitted its failure to acquire seven weekly newspapers in October could hold it back.
  The deal fell through when the Office of Fair Trading referred the decision to the Competition Commission despite a warning from the [...]

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  BBC TV licence fee may extend to iPlayer

  October 31, 2011 / View TV News

  The television licence fee could be extended to cover catch-up services such as the BBC iPlayer as part of an overhaul of the levy being considered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
  British viewers must pay for a £145.50 television licence if they watch or record programmes as they are broadcast, whether viewed via a television, computer, mobile phone or video games console.
  However, computer catch-up services such as the BBC iPlayer – via which 153m television and radio programmes [...]

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