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PDF 89 May 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting of MISC 128: 11 May") [committee remit and membership] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("MISC 128: Broadcasting Ownership") [draft announcement outlining main conclusions] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("ITV Licenses: Competitive Tendering") [proposed White Paper changes] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128 Channels 3 and 5: The Map of the Clock") [regional map, night hours, C5 franchise] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("British Broadcasting: Diversity, Quality and Public Service Broadcasting") [suggestion that de-regulation would lead to lower quality becoming more difficult to sustain] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 10 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting of MISC 128") [competitive tendering, public service broadcasting] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to MT ("MISC.128 Implementing the Broadcasting White Paper") [sensitive issues in Scotland] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (Broadcasting Ownership) [newspaper holdings in DBS] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: George Russell note ("Selecting Licenses - Channel 3") [government and IBA proposals] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC: Broadcasting Ownership") [ownership of DBS, take-over regime] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Broadcasting Ownership") [latest proposals] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Hurd PS ("MISC 128: Broadcasting Ownership") [newspapers' shareholding, ownership rules] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Douglas Hurd ("Privatisation of the Broadcasting Transmission System") [cost to public funds of World Service system] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Lord Buxton letter to Brian Griffiths (ITV) [working shareholders and "legalised theft"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("MISC 128: Broadcasting Ownership") [newspaper holdings in DBS, moratorium on takeovers] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 19 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Brian Griffiths ("Lord Buxton: ITV") [assure Buxton that MT has seen note] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Paul Gray ("BBC Business and Financial Information Services") [request from BBC to provide additional service] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting White Paper") [maintaining quality of British broadcasting] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 May 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Baker PS minute to Paul Gray ("MISC 128. Broadcasting") [educational programming] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 1 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Dominic Morris minute to MT ("Broadcasting White Paper") [licences and funding for Channels 3 and 4] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting of MISC 128") [competitive tendering] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("C3 and C5: Competitive Tendering") [quality threshold, highest bid wins, takeovers] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Channel 4") [broadcasting industry lobbying in favour of continuing subsidies] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 7 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Home Office Broadcasting Department ("Broadcasting Policy") [announcing decisions] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Whitelaw letter to MT ("Broadcasting Policy") ["deep anxiety about future broadcasting policy"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Broadcasting Announcement") [press leaks] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("MISC: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [changes to announcement on competitive tendering] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: MT letter to Whitelaw ("Broadcasting Policy") ["I hope you will agree that our approach fully meets your worries"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("MISC: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [changes to announcement on highest bids, licences] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Lawson PS minute to Hurd PS ("MISC 128: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [announcement on future funding arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Hurd PS ("Broadcasting Announcement: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [new funding arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Rifkind PS minute to Hurd PS (S4C) [changes to Hurd's statement] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Dominic Morris minute to MT (Hurd's announcement) [opposition made predictable end of civilisation as we know it speeches] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Lawson PS ("MISC 128: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [announcement on future funding arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT (Meeting of MISC 128) [transmission privatisation, BBC night hours] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (Transmission) [future of IBA's engineering and R&D] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Privatisation of the Transmission System") [cost effective operation of World Service system] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services Privatisation of the Transmission System (MISC 128(89)9 and 10)") [terms for privatisation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Monitoring the 25% Initiative") [sees no need to legislate] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("BBC Night Hours") [should use this to secure satisfactory outcome on transmission] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Monitoring the 25 Per Cent Initiative") [equivalence in requirements for ITV and BBC] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("MISC 128: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [future funding arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Monitoring the BBC's 25% Initiative") [should require BBC to meet target through legislation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Privatisation of the Transmission Service") ["BBC can be relied on to promote their own interests with a vengeance"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("BBC Night Hours") [agrees with Young's views] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Transmission, BBC Night Hours and the Monitoring of the 25% Initiative by the BBC") [need to consider balance between BBC and independent TV sector] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Meeting of MISC 128: 21 June") [transmission, night hours, 25% initiative] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("BBC Night Hours") [using the financial lever of the licence] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Lawson PS ("MISC 128: Channels 3, 4 and 5") [cash bonds and funding arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jun 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Independent Broadcasting Engineering and R&D") [importance of transitional arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]

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