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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Broadcasting:...
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| Reference | PF 296 |
|---|---|
| Title | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Broadcasting: Registered Files (BB and BD series) |
| Date | 1978-2003 |
| Description | This series contains records relating to the development of broadcasting policy, including licensing; the BBC Charter Review; relationships with the Radio Authority; the development of television and radio services; records relating to television standards and technical transmission; communications reform; Channel 4; S4C; the television licence fee; digital broadcasting; and press regulation. |
| Related material |
For related records regarding the development of broadcasting policy and responsibilities see HO 256 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | BB and BD |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017 Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997 Department of Trade and Industry, 1983-2007 Home Office, 1782 |
| Physical description | 470 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 2024 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Custodial history | Department of National Heritage 1992-1997; Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1997-2017; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2017-present. |
| Accruals | Series is accruing. |
| Administrative/ biographical background | Upon the establishment of the Department for National Heritage in 1992, responsibility for broadcasting policy was transferred from the Home Office. Under the responsibility of the Department for National Heritage and subsequently the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the same prefixes (BB, Broadcasting Branch and BD, Broadcasting Division) were utilised, as had been done previously in the Home Office. Responsibilities for this policy area had rested with various departments through time, including the Post Office, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the Home Office and the Department of Trade and Industry. |
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