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You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Product recall for musical tv remote control simulation toy presenting a high risk of choking due to easy access to small parts.
Government confirms broadcasting licences for 34 local TV stations can be extended for the next decade
Government empowers local leaders to turn the North East into film and TV production powerhouse.
Traces the development and growth of the soccer-ball cluster
Archive code of practice you must follow if you want to sponsor a worker in film and television.
This tax information and impact note is about the reform of the film, TV and video games tax reliefs to expenditure credits.
Archive code of practice a licensed sponsor must follow to sponsor a worker to come to the UK as a performer in film and television.
Culture Secretary promises to remove “Sword of Damocles” anti-free press laws as she opens Second Reading of the Media Bill
You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer
Internet-based TV channels on smart TVs could be brought in line with existing Ofcom content rules on traditional TV
Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright
This tax information and impact note details legislation that enables film production companies to switch between Film Tax Relief (FTR) and High-End TV Relief (HETV) during production.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Channel Four Television Corporation.
You need a licence to provide commercial television services in the UK
Local TV services are set to remain on the airwaves until 2034, subject to a review of each station’s future plans, under new proposals.
Rules for UK and EU broadcasters and video on-demand services
A list of the programmes produced by the PSBs outside of the M25, and criteria against which each programme qualifies as Made Outside London.
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