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1986 Mar 6 - 1988 Jun 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2023
Broadcasting (Direct broadcasting by satellite; cable systems and their effect on broadcasting policy) (Part 6)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 290
Any docs withheld?

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Date Value Title
87 Sep 10 Th Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd letter to Lord Blakenham (DBS) [cannot allocate BSB remaining channels] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 25 Fr Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Satellite Broadcast Services: MISC 128(87)6") [regulation of non-DBS satellite services] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 2 We Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Geoffrey Howe (Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy") [programme production, transfrontier regulation] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 2 We Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Douglas Hurd ("Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy: 9-10 December") [possible EC directive on broadcasting] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 15 Tu Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Specialised Satellite Services") [BSB provision of non-broadcast data services] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 17 Th Major Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Specialised Satellite Services") [liberalisation proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 17 Th Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy: 9-10 December") [EC draft directive] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 23 We Minor Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Specialised Satellite Services") [liberalisation proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 6 We Major Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Paul Gray ("Home Affairs Select Committee: Inquiry into Broadcasting") [DSB services] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 12 Tu Major Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Hurd PS ("Memorandum for Select Committee On Home Affairs") [intention to introduce wide-ranging reforms] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 15 Fr Major Broadcasting: Home Office draft memorandum for Commons Home Affairs Committee (DBS inquiry) [overcoming spectrum scarcity; No.10 comments] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 1 Mo Major Broadcasting: Keith Joseph letter to MT (Trans-Atlantic cable project) [message on Cable & Wireless] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 4 Th Major Broadcasting: MT message to Charles Haughey (satellite project) [important day in Ireland's telecommunications history] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 4 Th Major Broadcasting: MT letter to Keith Joseph (Trans-Atlantic cable project) [breakthrough for Cable & Wireless] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 5 Fr Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services Satellite Broadcast Services: Programme Standards: MISC 128(88)1") [non-DBS satellite services, unacceptable services] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 8 Mo Major Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Specialised Satellite Services") [liberalisation proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 15 Mo Major Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Paul Gray ("Specialised Satellite Services") [changes will not displace Mercury] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 15 Mo Major Broadcasting: Charles Haughey message to MT (satellite project) [telecommunications cooperation] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 18 Th Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Specialised Satellite Services") [licencing liberalisation] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 26 Fr Major Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("British Satellite Broadcasting") [BSB's progress to date] [declassified Feb 2016]