Archives of VLV news, press releases and consultations

Archives from 2010

• VLV's Autumn Schedule for 2010 - press release - 10 August 2010
• Viewers and Listeners Welcome Statements by the Chair of the BBC Trust - press release - 1 July 2010
• Re-shaping Today's BBC for Tomorrow - press release - 6 May 2010
• Winners of VLV's 2009 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting - press release - 28 April 2010
• Evening Seminar with Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman, BBC Trust - press release - 21 April 2010
• The BBC's Strategic Review and its impact will be the focus of VLV's Spring Conference - press release - 13 April
• VLV Conference ' Strictly Public Service Broadcasting' - press release - 11 March 2010
• Alan Yentob and Melvyn Bragg keynote speakers at London conference - press release - 19 February 2010
• Changes at the Top of Voice of the Listener & Viewer - press release - 27 January 2010
• VLV Opposes product Placement on TV - press release - 8 January 2010

Archives from 2009

• Prize Winners for VLV's 2009 Student Essay Competition will be announced at Autumn Conference - press release
• 'Brave New World? Children's Media Beyond Television'  VLV Annual Children's Conference - press release
• VLV Responds to Secretary of State Ben Bradshaw comments on 'top slicing'  the licence fee - press release
• VLV voices its concerns over plans to build a 'contained contestable element' into the BBC Licence Fee - press release
• The Contribution and value of Public Service Broadcasting - A survey carried out for VLV by YouGovStone - Press Release - Research - 9th June 2009
• Favourite Broadcasts - Chosen by 'real' people - VLV's 2008 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting press release
• VLV's Annual Scottish Conference in association with Edinburgh Napier and Stirling Universities - 'Visions of the Future: Scottish Broadcasting in the Digital Age' press release
• David Cameron has said that the BBC Licence Fee should be frozen press release
• Secretary of State's decision on Product Placement press release
• £500 in Prizes and Work Experience offered to Winners of VLV's 4th Student Essay Competition 2009 press release
• VLV Annual Spring Conference 'The End of Broadcasting As We Know It?' 30 April 2009 press release
• Making the Most of New Media - Media Literacy for the Over -50s conference 1 April 2009 press release

Archives from 2008

• VLV EGM, Appointment of new Chair - Richard Lindley, Jocelyn Hay becomes President, Conference prize-giving for Student Essays and Launch of Silver Jubilee Appeal was held on 2nd October 2008.  More details in the Autumn 2008 Bulletin
• VLV Responds to Ofcom's Second Public Service Broadcasting Review - Phase One: The Digital Opportunity - June 2008
• VLV Responds to Ofcom consultation: Initial assessment of when to adopt self- or co- regulation - June 2008
• VLV Responds to the European Commission on the Application of State Aid Rules to Public Service Broadcasting March 2008
• EURALVA replies to the European Commission's Consultations on Creative Content On-line and State Aid for Public Service Broadcasting
• Channel 4 provides £1,000 in Prizes for VLV's 3rd Student Essay Competition
• Helen Boaden, Director of BBC News to speak at VLV's Spring Conference

Archives from 2007

• Winners of VLV 2007 Student Essay Competition
• Scottish Broadcasting Commission set up by Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland
• VLV's 24th Annual Autumn Conference to be opened by Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman, BBC Trust on Thursday, 29th November 2007 in London WC1
• The Future for Children's Television in the UK on Wednesday, 7th November 2007 in London
• An Evening with Michael Parkinson on Monday, 15th October 2007 6.30pm - 8.15pm
• The BBC Must Rebuild Trust
• One of the Top Awards honouring women at the European Women of Achievement Awards has been won by VLV Chairman Jocelyn Hay, CBE
• VLV response to Ofcom's consultation on The Future of Radio: The future of FM and AM services and the alignment of analogue and digital regulation
• VLV response to the Public Consultation by the BBC Trust on the BBC Public Purpose Remits, April 2007
• Student Essay Competition 2007 - More details
• VLV response to the Culture, Media & Sport Parliament Select Committee Inquiry into Public Service Media Content, January 2007

Archives from 2006 - 2005

• VLV Response to Office of Fair Trading on BSkyB's purchase of shares in ITV PLC
• VLV Response to Ofcom Consultation on the Advertising of Food and Drink Products on Children's Television
• Peter Blackman is VLV's First Full-Time Executive Director
• VLV responds to Government White Paper on BBC Charter Renewal
• VLV Free-to-Air Digital Satellite Update
• VLV Submits Evidence to the House of Lords
• VLV BBC Green Paper Initial Observations on the BBC Royal Charter
• VLV BBC Green Paper Response on the BBC Royal Charter

Archives from 2004

• VLV Free-to-Air Digital Satellite
• VLV's 2005 International Conference Report
• VLV's 2005 International Conference Press Release
• VLV's 2004 21st Autumn Conference
• Sir David Attenborough lecture 2004
• Future of Arts Programmes 2004 Conference Summary
• 2004 Ofcom Consultation
• BBC's Future
• VLV's Spring Conference Programme 2004
• Government Criteria for Analogue Switch-off for Digital Switch-Over
• Professor Vincent Porter's report

Archives from 2003

• Broadcasting and Civil Society in the Digital Age
• Britain's New Broadcasting Order: How Will It Work
• Broadcasting and Democracy - Conference Event to Take Place
• What Does The Future Hold For Children's Radio, TV, New Media and Cinema
• Media Literacy for Adults
• Children's Radio & Television: a Brave New World?
• Britain's New Broadcasting Order: How Will it Work? & Broadcasting and Democracy
• Speech At IEA Conference on the Future of Broadcasting
• Editorial notes from VLV's April's bulletin on the Communication Bill
• VLV's Autumn 2003 Conference Programme Looks Ahead to New Era
• What Price the Proms & the Excellence of BBC Music
• Winners of VLV 2002 Awards presented on 30th April 2003
• Ofcom and the new Communications Bill to be the focus at VLV's Spring Conference.
  VLV's 2002 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting will be presented during the conference at 1.45pm
• Press Release Details on Conferences and Events

Archives from 2002

• Forthcoming VLV Events for 2003
• Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture Speaker at VLV Events to Consider Broadcasting and the new Communication Bill
• What's the Government really after?
• Donation Form for The Communication Bill
• Minister to open VLV Conference on the future of Children's Television in a programme of four events that will focus on the new Communications Bill
• What future for Children's Television and Radio?
• The Communications Bill: Getting It Right!
• Broadcasting, Scotland and the Communications Bill
• Learning and an Educated Democracy
• Comments On Applications For Licences To Operate Digital Multiplexes
• Observations and Reservations about the 2002 Draft Communications Bill
• Terrorism, Trade and Truth -  The Role and Responsibilities of the Broadcasters
• In Times of Crisis and Conflict
• VLV 2001 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting
• BBC Chairman talks to Listeners and Viewers
• Public Events Dates for Year 2002
• Three opportunities in March, April and May for members to hear
• Broadcasting, New Media Services and Broadband in Wales
• Broadcasting, Wales & the New Environment

Archives from 2001

• Children and Television: Facing the Future Conference
• Broadcasting and the New Environment - VLV's 18th Autumn Conference
• Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) will launch its new Forum for Education
• Education, Children, Digital & the Communications Bill on VLV's Autumn Agenda
• VLV Views on the renewal of the ITV News Contract
• Education, Children, Digital & the Communications Bill on VLV's Autumn Agenda
• Public Service Broadcasting and Citizenship
• Communication Bill and on the Future of Digital Terrestrial Television
• Children and Television: Predators at the Gate

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