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| ITV 'can cut' regional programmes | ITV 'can cut' regional programmes |
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| ITV would provide fewer regional programmes, including news bulletins, under proposals from regulator Ofcom. | ITV would provide fewer regional programmes, including news bulletins, under proposals from regulator Ofcom. |
| The broadcaster has been advised to concentrate on providing original output which has been made in the UK. | The broadcaster has been advised to concentrate on providing original output which has been made in the UK. |
| It would be allowed to show fewer daytime news bulletins but only after it "restructured" its news operations in England and the Scottish Borders. | |
| Ofcom has been looking at the future of public-service broadcasting at a time when advertising income is falling. | |
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| The drop in revenue is considered to have put pressure on the main commercial broadcasters - ITV, Channel 4 and Five - to meet their commitments to public-service programming. | |
| Until now they have effectively been given a public subsidy to provide the types of programmes which are less profitable and not as attractive in commercial terms. | |
| Children's programmes, current affairs documentaries, single dramas, British-made sitcoms and regional news are all considered to fall into this category. | |
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| But now Ofcom has forecasted that between £145 and £235 million of extra public funding will be needed by 2012 to maintain present levels of programming. | |
| The regulator also believes Channel 4 will need funding from other sources to meet its public-service commitments. | |
| It is now trying to establish a way in which the commercial TV industry can reshape itself to address all of these issues. |