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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2031
Broadcasting (Television licence fees; subscription television; independent television producers; Broadcasting White Paper) (Part 6)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 494
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Date Value Title
87 Sep 21 Mo Major Broadcasting: No.10 annotated agenda and steering brief for MT ("Prime Minister's Seminar on Broadcasting") [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 4 Mo Major Broadcasting: Michael Darlow letter to Nigel Lawson ("Independent Television Producers") [ITV tax and levy arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 6 We Major Broadcasting: Michael Darlow letter to David Young ("Independent Television Producers") [competition in supply of programmes] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 8 Fr Major Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson letter to Michael Darlow (Independent Production Initiative) [negotiations between producers, ITV levy] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 15 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("The Rank Organisation and Pay-TV") [costs of satellite TV, standards] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 18 Mo Major Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (independent producers) [contracts, reports by BBC, IBA] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 19 Tu Major Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Paul Gray ("Independent Production Initiative") [IBA proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 21 Th Major Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Paul Gray ("Subscription Television") [could not be acceptably regulated without new legislation] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 22 Fr Major Broadcasting: Lawson PS minute to Hurd PS ("Independent Production Initiative") [IBA initiative, ITV levy] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 22 Fr Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young (independent producers) [publication of information by BBC, IBA] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 26 Tu Minor Broadcasting: Paul Gray note to MT ("Reply to Michael Darlow on Independent Access") [dispute between Home Office and DTI] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jan 29 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Standards in Television") [will have a fight on their hands at European Council] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 3 We Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd letter to Michael Darlow (Independent Production Initiative) [IBA initiative a constructive step] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 5 Fr Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services The Publication of Information on Contracts between Broadcasters and Independent Producers: MISC 128(88) 3") [broacasters' reports to OFT] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 9 Tu Major Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe) [MT's opposes proposal for BBC External Services to run a TV news service; Howe abandons the idea] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 10 We Major Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Young PS ("MISC 128: Independent Producers") [referral of contracts to Office of Fair Trading] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 10 We Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Young PS ("MISC 128: Independent Producers") [referral of contracts to Office of Fair Trading] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 11 Th Major Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("ITV Levy for Contract Extension Period") [move to a levy based on revenue] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 15 Mo Major Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Hurd PS ("MISC: Independent Producers") [monitoring of contracts] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Feb 22 Mo Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Douglas Hurd ("External Television Broadcasting") [rejection of BBC's proposal] [declassified Feb 2016]