Dear all<br><br>Community radio and the broadcasting code changes (including product placement in programming) - Ofcom workshops as below, please reply to Georgina Cowley, not to us!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Georgina Cowley</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Georgina.Cowley@ofcom.org.uk">Georgina.Cowley@ofcom.org.uk</a>></span><br>Date: 28 January 2011 15:06<br>Subject: Broadcasting Code Workshops - 1 March 2011<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear Stakeholder</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">OFCOM BROADCASTING CODE WORKSHOPS: SECTION TEN (COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS IN RADIO PROGRAMMING) – TUESDAY 1 MARCH 2011</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">On 20 December 2010, Ofcom implemented a new set of Rules (Section Ten of the Code), and issued associated guidance, concerning commercial communications in radio programming.
This is one of the most significant changes in the regulation of commercial radio broadcast content in the last decade.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We will therefore be running two workshops – at 10:00 and 13:00 – about the changes Ofcom has made. These will take place on 1 March 2011 at our Head Office:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN">Riverside House<br>
2a Southwark Bridge Road<br>
London<br>
SE1 9HA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Each workshop will outline:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">why the rules have changed;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">what they permit;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">how to comply with them; and</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">what they mean for you, the broadcaster.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We anticipate ample opportunity for attendees’ questions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Commercial radio broadcasters</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> are invited to attend the
<b>10:00</b> workshop.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Community radio</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and
<b>long-term RSL broadcasters</b> are invited to attend the <b>13:00</b> workshop.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Each workshop is expected to last approximately 2 hours and
<b>all broadcasters</b> are invited to a sandwich lunch, which will be provided at around
<b>12:00</b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">As past workshops have proved popular, we are currently limiting numbers to two attendees in response to each invitation. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served
basis. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Should you and/or other representatives of your organisation wish to attend, please
<b>reply to this email</b> by no later than <u>15 February 2011</u>, providing details of:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">who will attend;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">which session they will attend;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">whether they will join us for lunch; and</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">whether you would like to be contacted again if additional places become available.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please note that Ofcom’s National Offices are inviting relevant stakeholders to similar workshops, to be held in Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow
on 3, 10 and 17 March 2010, respectively. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We look forward to hearing from you.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kind regards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Georgina</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: purple;">:: Georgina Cowely</span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> PA to Peter Davies, Director of Radio Content and Broadcast </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> Licensing</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> 020 7981 3511</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="mailto:davina.simmonds@ofcom.org.uk" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;">georgina.cowley@ofcom.org.uk</span></b></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: red;">:: Ofcom</span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> Riverside House</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> 2a Southwark Bridge Road</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> London SE1 9HA</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;"> 020 7981 3000</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: gray;">www.ofcom.org.uk</span></b></a></span></p>
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