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> From: Aspects of academic research & teaching within Media on
> behalf of Tom O'Malley
> Reply To: Tom O'Malley
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 16:09 PM
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> Subject: Details of Conference on Peacock and Broadcasting
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> Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies,
> University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
>
> The Peacock Legacy: turning point or missed opportunity?
> March 18th- 20th, 2005
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> Why now ?
> * At a time when the BBC's Charter is being reviewed by the
> government and when Ofcom is engaged in a major review of the future of
> public service television, it is timely to revisit and reassess the
> origins, nature and influence of the Peacock Report. The Peacock
> Committee was established in 1985 and reported in 1986.
>
> * The publication of the Peacock Report on the financing of the BBC
> was a major event in the history of broadcasting policy in the UK. Its
> influence on the development of policy such as the 2003 Communications
> Act, and the actions of the media regulator Ofcom, have been profound,
> even if the subject of ongoing debate.
>
> Speakers
> * For the first time this conference brings together key individuals
> involved in the events surrounding the Committee and its impact :Sir Alan
> Peacock, Sir Samuel Brittan, Professor Peter Jay, Lord Birt, David
> Elstein, Lord Griffiths, Tony Lennon and Sir David Nicholas.
>
> * Joining them in a critical assessment of the origins, nature and
> impact of the report will be academics: Professor Steven Barnett
> University of Westminster, Professor Richard Collins, Open University Dr.
> Peter Goodwin, University of Westminster; Dr. Anthony McNicholas,
> University of Westminster; Professor Tom O'Malley, University of Wales;
> Professor Jean Seaton, University of Westminster; Professor Kevin
> Williams, University of Wales, Swansea.
>
> Who should attend ?
> * The conference will be of interest to policy makers, people working
> in the industry, and to students and academics interested in the
> organisation, politics and history of the mass media in the UK, in the
> late twentieth century
>
> Book now !
> * The conference is taking place at Gregynog, near Newtown in Wales,
> the University of Wales' residential study centre. Places are therefore
> limited.
>
> * For further details and a booking form please go to the conference
> web site at: http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/peacock/
>
> * Contact Ceris Berry on 01970 628 648 if you have any queries about
> the event, and for further information.
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