Sentences with phrase «of public broadcaster»

As part of the process for charter renewal (which expires at the end of 2016) the culture secretary, John Whittingdale, has recruited eight experts, among them former Channel 5 chair and chief executive Dawn Airey and Dame Colette Bowe, the former chairwoman of the regulator Ofcom, to oversee a «root - and - branch» review of the public broadcaster.

In an address at the studios of public broadcaster WCNY, she talked about the successes the city saw in 2014, such as its high school graduation rate finally rising above 50 percent.

The report also called for the CBC and The Canadian Press to provide additional local coverage and, in the case of the public broadcaster, to make it available for free to publishers across the country.

There has even been talk of the public broadcaster, (CBC) which receives over $ 1 billion in public funding annually, dropping advertising and ceasing to compete for ad dollars with its private sector rivals.

Also, is it possible that all of these «situations» are coming to light in order to help the Cons justify the elimination of a public broadcaster once and for all?

Before 2010, all parliamentary parties could nominate members to the media authority and the boards of public broadcasters.

He has also rejected proposed debates sponsored by a New York City radio station and a statewide coalition of public broadcasters.

Not exact matches

The public broadcaster went out of its way on Monday to clarify that commentator Cokie Roberts has more leeway to make personal comments than the usual NPR staffer does because Roberts co-authored a newspaper column labeling Donald Trump as «one of the least - qualified candidates ever to make a serious run for the presidency.»

Canadians were caught off - guard recently when Jian Ghomeshi, the popular host of Canadian Broadcast Corporation's radio show «Q» was fired by the public broadcaster.

Tower of Babble chronicles Stursberg's tumultuous CBC stint from 2004 to 2010, a stretch largely defined by the ongoing debate over what a public broadcaster is and should be.

A study cited by local media suggests the number of Norwegians who listen to the radio on a daily basis has dropped by 10 % in a year, and the public broadcaster NRK has lost 21 % of its audience.

Fox first announced its 10.75 pound per share offer in December 2016 but the deal has been held up concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well a clutch of UK newspapers.

Tait's appointment is the latest in a series of moves the Liberal government has made at the public broadcaster that began in 2016, when it boosted funding to the CBC by $ 675 million over five years.

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as...

«The reimagination of the national public broadcaster at a time when broadcasting is disappearing is a monumental task.

Tom Clark, a former journalist, said Tait talked about some innovative and achievable ideas to implement at the public broadcaster and showed an understanding of the CBC and the challenges it faces.

Word of mouth brought them recently to India, where the public broadcaster All India Radio brought Nautel a massive challenge: providing enough transmitters to cover the entire country or, as the marketing slogan went, «broadcasting to a billion.»

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as...

Tait didn't provide many additional details of the changes she hopes to see at the public broadcaster.

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as British newspapers including The Times and The Sun.

A group of public - television fans plan to storm the Washington Mall three days before the election, as a show of support for the broadcaster, in the form of the Million Puppet March, the name of which is hopefully self - explanatory.

The partisan public broadcaster refused to defend itself in the face of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's promise during the first debate that he'd fire Big Bird if elected.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but an earlier report from National Public Radio said the broadcaster is acquiring 40 % of The Onion's parent company, which gives it effective control over the site and its related assets.

Declining shares included Subaru Corp which lost 2.2 percent after public broadcaster NHK reported allegations that there were hundreds of cases of mileage and emission data falsification at the automaker.

But he also evinced such open contempt for the news department (which he labeled â $ œFort Newsâ $) and current affairs â $ «the very lifeblood of the CBCâ $ ™ s raison dâ $ ™ etre as a public broadcaster â $ «that he alienated the beleaguered CBC staff.

Stephen Harperâ $ ™ s vision of Canada clearly does not include a national public broadcaster.

The Fox - Sky deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as British newspapers including The Times and The Sun.

Government supports the interests of the broadcasting industry, and the broadcasters are allowed to mislead the public.

Their licenses require them to broadcast «in the public convenience, interest and necessity,» and the courts have ruled that this means a broadcaster must provide diverse programming that meets the needs of its entire listening - viewing audience.

Fundamentalist broadcasters have greatly leverage their cultural and political power in the U.S. due to the failure of the FCC to require their radio and television stations to meet the public interest standard.

In the earlier years of broadcasting, broadcasters promised Congress to provide churches and other public groups with free air - time for the broadcast of their programs in exchange for favorable legislation which did not bind them to such a compulsory arrangement.

The nature of religious television in America can be seen to be a function of the interaction of four main players; changes over the past decades have come about because of changes in the relative power and relationships of the four following players: (1) the regulatory agencies of the federal government, which, through the legislative process, provide the structure within which interaction inside the television industry takes place; (2) the television industry, primarily network and local station managements, which control the airwaves within the legislated structure; (3) the viewing public, which selects what it is that will be watched; and (4) the religious broadcasters who provide the material for broadcasts.

In some cases, as was pointed out in Chapter 10, an absolute right to speak could actually subvert and defeat the democratic process, such as the «right» of an advertiser to misinform the public, or the «right» of a broadcaster to attack someone without allowing an opportunity for that person to reply.

For example, as the result of law suits instituted by public - interest groups, the courts held that whenever broadcasters present a particular point of view on a matter of public importance, they also must provide opportunities for opposing viewpoints to be presented.

But, as the FCC became increasingly lax in its congressional mandate to insure that «non-profit organizations obtain the maximum service possible,» individual evangelists discovered the power of broadcasting, and television in particular, and they began to purchase the better quality time which broadcasters were reluctant to provide churches as a public service.

This «Fairness Doctrine» has become the foundation of free speech on radio and television, and it has prevented many of the more blatant attempts by some broadcasters to use the public airwaves as nothing more than a sounding board for their own special views and interests.

G. Seek inclusion for local cable programmers, local public radio broadcasters, computer network operators and similar professionals operating in the public interest as members of training delegations going to developing nations in order to propagate the concept of a vigorous, involved public citizen movement.

Deregulation of broadcasting is offensive because it removes the broadcaster's accountability to the public.

Who benefits when the agency assigned by Congress to regulate television in the public interest instead regulates it in the interest of the broadcasters?

While there was plenty of political rhetoric about requiring broadcasters to serve the public interest in exchange for broadcast licenses, the requirement was never enforced.

His veto reduced congressional funding of CPB, thereby forcing public broadcasters into the arms of major corporations.

While the broadcaster is therefore responsible for the content of programming, this right does not abridge the public «s «right to know» and to be fairly represented on the air.

However, the development of local community groups to monitor local station responsibilities for children will not work unless deregulation is reversed and the FCC once again asserts its role of insuring that broadcasters meet their public service responsibilties.

The key to solving the problems of violence on television is basically for broadcasters to exercise their responsiblity to serve the public welfare.

Four main players in the growth of religious television are examined: the FCC, the television industry, the viewing public, and the religious broadcasters, including their use of sophisticated computer technology to «answer» mail and solicit funds.

The idea appears to have first been popularized by Oral Roberts, but it has now become a theological concept in the public domain, with most broadcasters using it or variations of it.

Much of the media attention attracted by religious broadcasters in the 1980 elections was caused by the popularly held belief that the broadcasters were being watched by a major portion of the American public.

Paid - time religious programming has justified its dominance of the religious television field in recent years by suggesting that with its independent financial resources gained through audience cultivation and support it has been able to overcome the limitations experienced by mainline broadcasters as they worked with the local stations and networks on a public service basis.

Mainline groups have been critical of this advantage taken by the paid - time broadcasters because it has frustrated their efforts to encourage stations to act responsibly in the public interest.

Jerry Falwell is one broadcaster who has justified his broadcasting activities on the basis of the political visibility and impact they have given to the church: «Television and radio are enabling the Christian community to reach a level of public exposure and contacts never before possible.»