1988 Oct 3 - 1989 Apr 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2593
Broadcasting (Broadcasting policy) (Part 7)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 403 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Mar 6 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Hurd PS briefing for MT (meeting with John Wheeler) [BBC night hours, licence fee] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr | Minor | Broadcasting: Andrew Turnbull minute to Hurd PS ("Meeting with George Russell") [requests brief] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jan 17 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham note for the record (MT-George Russell) [C4, right of preview, ITC discretion] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: local services and Channel 6") [revised proposals for cable to ease entry; drop Channel 6 idea] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: ownership") [Home Secretary's proposals designed to "clip the wings of a Murdoch or a Maxwell", but real beneficiaries will be existing franchise holders; "the unacceptable face of a new protectionist Europe"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Channel 4") [rejects idea of guaranteed income for C4 and ownership by ITC; privatisation "remains an attractive option"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("MISC 128: implementing the broadcasting White Paper") [sceptical of Home Secretary's points on quality, power of ITC; Home Office "never that happy with the White Paper"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 7 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Broadcasting White Paper") [news provision, night hours, C4, transmission system] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 7 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Broadcasting: Sir Jeffrey Sterling's View") [third force, tendering] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 19 We | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128: Broadcasting White Paper") [cable and local services, transmission system, licences, news] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 21 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128: Monitoring the 25% Initiative") [difference in response from IBA and BBC, proposed legislation] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Dec 20 Tu | Minor | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Privatisation of the Transmission System") [study by consultants] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Minor | Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths note for MT ("Broadcasting: No.10 meeting on the quality factor") ["little value", "a lobbying exercise by the industry to limit competition"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services (MISC 128) Broadcasting White Paper") [overall balance of package comes out right] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services (MISC 128)") [local services, ownership requirements, C4] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 22 We | Major | Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting Policy (MISC 128)") [decisions on local services] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 8 Sa | Major | Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Robin Butler ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services (MISC 128)") [inclusion of Russell, Rifkind, Howe, Baker] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 17 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Broadcasting White Paper") [news on Channel 3, night hours, transmission] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 3 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Broadcasting White Paper") [night hours, transmission] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Nov 11 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("BSB Levy") [guidance on future levy position] [declassified Dec 2016] |