1. •Discuss filming in public. •Clearances. •Privacy.
The state or
You must consider the For clearances you’ve
condition of
people that might walk got to ensure that
being free from
into your filming, and try people don’t get in
being observed
your best to prevent your shooting, you
or disturbed by
people from getting into could have extra
other people.
your shot. people standing
around the shot but •Libel.
•Permissions. not so close that their
visible and making Libel is defined as
You have to make sure sure other people do defamation by
that you can film the disturb the filming. written or printed
places that you wanted to words, pictures, or in
film in, without getting any form other than
into any trouble. by spoken words or
gestures. The law of
libel originated in the
17th century in
England.

2. BBC Producer’s Guidelines.
•The aim of the Producers' Guidelines
is to equip journalists and programme-
makers to take risks but within the
parameters that protect the BBC's
global reputation.
•The Producer's Guidelines apply to all
BBC broadcasting, both in Britain and
internationally - whatever the
medium, be it television, radio or
online.
•Inside BBC Journalism features over
40 reports by journalists who reflect
on the many challenges they face
when aiming to apply the BBC's
Producer's Guidelines to reporting and
programme making.

3. Broadcasting Act 1994
• In television, the Act
allowed for the creation of
a fifth analogue terrestrial
television channel in the
UK, which turned out to
be Channel 5, and the
growth of multichannel
satellite television.
•It also stipulated that the
BBC, which had previously
produced the vast
majority of its television
programming in-
house, was now obliged to
source at least 25% of its
output from independent
production companies.

4. Ofcom
•Ofcom has wide-ranging
powers across the
television, radio, telecoms and
postal sectors.
•The creation of Ofcom was
announced in the Queen's
Speech to the UK parliament
in June 2001. The new
body, which would replace
several existing
authorities, was conceived as
a "super-regulator" to oversee
media channels that were
rapidly converging through
digital transmission.