| Web
Address |
Purpose |
Contact |
| ITC
- Independent Television Commission |
Regulates ITV,
Channels 4, Channel 5, Cable
and Satellite in the UK |
33 Foley Street London W1P
7LB
Telephone:
0207 255 3000 |
| Oftel
- Office of Telecommunications |
Regulates the
broadcasting spectrum |
50 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JJ
Telephone:
0207 634 8700
Fax:
0207 634 8943 |
| BBC
Governors |
Receive comments
and complaints |
Broadcasting House,
London W1A 1AA
Telephone:
0207 580 4468. |
| S4C
Authority |
S4C Authority
is a regulator and broadcasting authority related to S4C television |
Parc Ty Glas
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF4 5DU
Telephone:
0870 600 4141 |
| Broadcasting
Standards Commission |
Three main tasks,
set out in the 1996 Broadcasting Act:
-produce codes of practice relating to
standards and fairness;
-consider and adjudicate on complaints;
-monitor, research and report on standards
and fairness in broadcasting. |
5-8 The Sanctuary Westminster
London
SW1P 3JS
Telephone:
0207 233-0544 |
| The
Radio Authority |
Draws up, reviews
and enforces codes to set standards and practices on advertising, sponsorship
and programming |
Holbrook House
14 Great Queen Street
Holborn London WC2B 5DG
Telephone:
0207 430 2724
Fax:
0207 404 7062 |
|
The
Advertising Standards Authority
|
The ASA was set
up in 1962 to make sure that non-broadcast advertisements appearing in
the UK are legal, decent, honest and truthful.
The Authority protects the public by ensuring
that the rules in the British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion
are followed by everyone who prepares and publishes advertisements. |
Brook House 2-16
Torrington Place London WC1E 7HN
Telephone:
0207 580 5555.
Fax
0207 631 3051 |
|
The
Competition Commission
|
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/ref.htm |
The Reference Secretary (Granada)
Competition Commission
New Court
48 Carey Street
London WC2A 2JT |
| DCMS
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
Implements 'open
government' policy to make information available, such as facts and figures
behind major policy decisions, and to respond to any requests from the
public for information. |
Telephone:
0207 211 6200 |
| Department
of Trade and Industry |
New Broadcasting
Act |
DTI Enquiry Unit
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Telephone:
0207 215 5000 |
| Treasury |
Licence Fee Collections |
Telephone:
0207 270 4558
Fax:
0207 270 5244 |
| Department
of Social Security |
Licence fees
for over 75's |
The Head Of Unit
Department of Social Security HQ Correspondence
Unit Room 540
The Adelphi
111 John Adam Street London WC2N
6HT
Telephone:
0207 712 2171
Fax:
0207 712 2386 |
| Home
Office |
Election broadcasting |
50 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1H 9AT
United Kingdom
Telephone:
0207 273 4000
Fax:
0207 273 2190 |
| Foreign
Office |
BBC World Service |
King Charles Street, London
SW1A 2AH
Telephone:
0207 270 1500 |
| European
Commission |
Telecommunications
in European Union |
200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat
200 B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Telephone:
00 32 2 299 11 11 |
