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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
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89 Apr 14 Fri 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 Fri 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 Fri 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]
89 Apr 14 Fri 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 19 Wed Broadcasting: Ingham minute for MT ("MISC 128 - broadcasting") ["You, of all people, must not go down in history as the person who ruined British television"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Feb 17 Fri Broadcasting: John Wheeler MP letter to MT (meeting to discuss broadcasting policy, particularly BBC) [Wheeler suggests license fee should be no different from water charges; MT: "Nonsense. You must have water ... you don't need a BBC"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 25 Tue Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Privatisation of the Transmission System") [greater spur to efficiency in the longer term] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 24 Mon Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("The Choice of Frequencies for MVDS") [issue of a consultative paper] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 27 Thu Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (Privatisation of the Transmission System) [publication of report] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 18 Tue Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (local services) [SMATV regime] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 14 Fri Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (terrestrial TV) [should not pursue a 6th channel yet] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 10 Mon Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Local Services") [proposed new framework] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 19 Mon Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Privatisation of the Transmission System") [need to reach decision on interim period] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 21 Wed Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd (Privatisation of the Transmission System) [commission study by consultants] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fri Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("BSB Levy") [guidance on future levy position] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 17 Mon Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Broadcasting White Paper") [news on Channel 3, night hours, transmission] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 3 Mon Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Broadcasting White Paper") [night hours, transmission] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 4 Tue Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Broadcasting White Paper") [transmission frequencies] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 4 Tue Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Broadcasting White Paper") [news provision, night hours, C4, transmission system] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Apr 17 Mon Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("Local Services") [franchises, levy] [declassified Dec 2016]