The media play a central role in Britain's daily life, informing and educating, questioning and challenging - and of course - entertaining. In recent years the availability of more radio frequencies, together with satellite, cable and microwave transmissions, has already made a greater number of local, national and international services possible. The transition from analogue to digital transmission technology is now expanding this capacity enormously. The Internet is providing, increasingly, an additional medium for information, …
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…the Government rejected proposals for statutory regulation of the press and for legislation to give protection to privacy. Instead, it endorsed self - regulation under the Commission and recommended tougher measures to make self - regulation more effective. Working practices throughout the newspaper industry have become more efficient with the widespread used of advanced computer - based technology. Publishers have been able to reduce production costs by using computer systems for editing and production processes.