Referee proposals for ITV companies

Title

Referee proposals for ITV companies

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

The Independent Broadcasting Authority is considering new penalties for ITV stations to ensure that standards don’t fall in the face of competition from satellite and cable networks. The plan comes in a major new policy statement, entitled Independent Television in the 1990s. IBA Chairman George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, says the penalty system would work in the same way as footballers ar e warned by referees. Male interviewer not identified (poss. John Alcock). For Update programme.

Contributors

George Thomson; John Alcock?

Keywords

Companies; Television; Television programmes; Standards; Update (radio programme); Independent Broadcasting Authority

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