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1984 May 1 - 1986 Feb 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1678
Broadcasting (Direct broadcasting by satellite: cable systems and their effect on broadcasting policy) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 268
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84 Dec 18 Tu Minor Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Ingham (“Windsor Cable TV”) [closure] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 31 Tu Major Broadcasting: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (“DBS Joint Project: Third Element”) [Direct Broadcasting by Satellite: BBC, ITV & ‘third element’] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo Major Broadcasting: Howe minute to Hurd (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [UK “should not be left behind by other European governments and companies”] [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 6 We Major Broadcasting: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“Cable Systems”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel follow-up to 1982 report] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 23 Tu Major Broadcasting: Tebbit minute to MT (“Information Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) report on cable systems: a reassessment”) [“Predictably… drawn a very negative response from British Telecom”] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 26 Fr Major Broadcasting: Tebbit minute to MT (“Information Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) report on cable systems: a reassessment”) [comments on report] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 14 Fr Major Broadcasting: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit (“Cable Industry: Consortium Relief”) [relaxations to rules to be introduced in Finance Bill] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Cable”) [“cable revolution… will bring… jobs… wealth… and… diversity of choice”] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 7 We Major Broadcasting: No.10 letter to Tebbit PS (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [MT would like DTI to update response to the report following talks with BT] [declassified 2014]
86 Feb 12 We Major Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [Hurd to announce invitation to tenders for contracts] [declassified 2014]
86 Feb 26 We Major Broadcasting: Hurd letter to Whitelaw (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“role of Government in this enterprise is merely to provide the regulatory framework”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 3 Tu Major Broadcasting: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [planned commencement of service in latter half of 1987] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We Major Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Addison (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [handling of Government response and outstanding issues] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 11 Th Major Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Brittan (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [reluctant to abandon DTI policy] [declassified 2014]
84 May 8 Tu Major Broadcasting: No.10 letter to Brittan PS (“DBS”) [draft statement on direct broadcasting by satellite for 2nd reading of Cable & Broadcasting Bill] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 15 Mo Major Broadcasting: Howe minute to Brittan (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“I should like the FCO to be actively involved in future discussions”] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 2 Fr Major Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Addison (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“the argument about whether it must be a British satellite is not wholly resolved”] [declassified 2014]
85 May 14 Tu Major Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Cable Industry: Consortium Relief”) [“increasingly concerned about the ability of the ‘independent’ cable operators to raise the finance necessary”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 16 Tu Major Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“I do not see a case for seeking to insist on a British satellite in any future project”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 26 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (Direct Broadcasting by Satellite) [Tebbit keen that Parliamentary announcement address unethical competitiveness as well as IBA study] [declassified 2014]