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BECTU has urged ITV to reconnect to public service and to reclaim its reputation for good quality programmes.

This week’s leak suggesting that Ofcom favours the retention of the Border licence has prompted an open letter to ITV’s Michael Jermey.

ITV could get the OK to cut £40million from regional news and the BBC still faces “top-slicing” says a leak to the Guardian today.

Border TV’s campaign to save its flagship programme, Lookaround, prompted 13,000 people to write to Ofcom.

BECTU is leading a campaign to keep BBC daytime series, Doctors, in production at its Birmingham site.

BECTU has submitted its response to Ofcom’s second Public Service Broadcasting review.

BECTU has launched a campaign to keep production of the popular BBC drama series, Casualty, in Bristol.

The campaign by Border TV staff to save their much-loved local news programme arrives in London today.

BECTU has today urged Ofcom to listen to all stakeholders affected by the regulator’s second review into public service broadcasting.

BECTU is strongly critical of ITV’s revised proposal for Regional News which is published today.

BECTU officials are to brief the union’s parliamentary group on the current threat to ITV regional news on 26 March.

BECTU’s president has accused Ofcom of treachery over its plans for the sale of spectrum set to be freed up by digital switchover.

STV has announced 45 people are facing redundancy with a further 15 at risk if Setanta Sport does not renew its contract with STV in May.

Meridian BECTU and NUJ members leafleted Fareham Shopping Centre today to highlight ITV’s threat to reduce regional news output.