Cable television awarded licence

Title

Cable television awarded licence

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:04:52

Description

Report on the award of a broadcasting licence to cable television in the UK. Speaking are Lord Hunt (John Hunt), head of the committee set up to inquire into cable television; IBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority) Chairman Lord Thomson (George Thomson); BBC Director- General Alasdair Milne; moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Mary Whitehouse; John Hunt; George Thomson; Alasdair Milne

Keywords

Trade unions; Reports; Pornography; Television; BBC; Broadcasting; Roy Hattersley; Licences; Regulation; Cable television; Television stations; IBA; Television channels; Communication ethics; Broadcasting legislation; Hunt Report

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