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PREM19/2030
Broadcasting (Television licence fees; subscription television; independent television producers; external television broadcasting; broadcasting legislation) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 262
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87 Sep 8 Tu Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to John Major ("PES: Independent Oversight of Broadcasting Programme Standards") [portrayal of sex and violence] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 8 Tu Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Independent Oversight of Programme Standards") [oversight of portrayal of sex and violence on TV] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 11 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting policy: time for a rethink?") ["nagging feeling that our policy, post-Peacock, is not quite right"] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 11 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: independent oversight of progamme standards") [supports statutory Broadcasting Council, with stronger remit than Hurd proposes] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 15 Tu Major Broadcasting: Andy Bearpark minute to Hurd PS ("Independent Oversight of Programme Standards") [case for establishing a broadcasting council] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 18 Fr Major Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [review of ITV arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 20 Su Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [IBA's commitment to change may have been underestimated] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 25 Fr Minor Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("BBC") [MT's speech in Birmingham] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 25 Fr Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("MISC 128: 29 September 1987") [auctioning of ITV contracts, franchise ownership, C4 changes] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 28 Mo Major Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("ITV System: Networking") [need for a review, independent of the IBA] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 28 Mo Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128: Broadcasting") [a new regulatory structure for broadcasting] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 28 Mo Minor Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT (ITV franchises) [ownership of multiple franchises] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 30 We Major Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill") [case for proceeding more slowly with legislative timetable] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 1 Th Major Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Timetable for Broadcasting Legislation") [White Paper, independent studies, radio frequencies] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 10 Sa Major Broadcasting: David Young minute to Geoffrey Howe ("External Television Broadcasting") [placing BBC and ITN on an equal footing] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 12 Mo Major Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [IBA's work on the system] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 14 We Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("MISC 128") [legislation timetable, ITV, radio, subscription TV] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 16 Fr Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Independent Production Initiative") [BBC and IBA have given the commitments asked for] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 21 We Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [draw up criteria against which IBA could develop proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 22 Th Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nigel Lawson ("Television Licence Fee Increases") [announcement of new fees] [declassified Feb 2016]