Category Archives: broadcasting

The BBC and ‘tragedies of the fourth estate’

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

There’s an excellent piece by Paul Lashmar, investigative journalist and lecturer at Brunel University, on openDemocracy this week, examining the role of – and implications for – investigative journalism in the recent ‘BBC debacle’. I was particularly interested in the … Continue reading →

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Mark Thompson, the legal letter, and the Savile investigation

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Stewart Purvis, professor of television journalism at City University London (formerly of ITN and Ofcom) has been carefully tracking the detail around ex-BBC director-general Mark Thompson’s legal interaction with the Sunday Times, following the newspaper’s questions about the BBC’s handling … Continue reading →

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Opening the court doors online (as well as on TV)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

It is expected that today’s Queen’s Speech will contain the government’s plans for allowing cameras in court – albeit it limited to summing up and sentencing in selected courts [update: it does]. But what about opening up justice online? The new issue of … Continue reading →

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The media regulation party continues…

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

There are two new posts over on the Inforrm blog, covering events this week. One on how the Leveson Inquiry is open to all via livestream and tweet; the second reports last night’s Media Society debate at Westminster University, ‘The … Continue reading →

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ECJ advised on Premier League football broadcasting case

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

[Also posted on the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism blog]. The Court of Justice of the European Union has released Advocate General Kokott’s opinion on Murphy v Media Protection Services and FA Premier League v QC Leisure [PDF]. To … Continue reading →

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