All Ofcom articles – Page 25
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NewsOfcom warned over apps 'loophole'
Ofcom has been warned about a “potential loophole” in its regulation of second-screen content as part of a report it commissioned into the burgeoning sector.
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Benefits Street probed by Ofcom
Ofcom has launched an investigation into Channel 4’s Benefits Street after receiving 960 complaints about the programme.
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Ofcom set for third major PSB review
Ofcom is to undertake a new PSB review, a significant study that will help define the future of public service broadcasting in the UK.
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Preferred candidate chosen to be Ofcom chair
Dame Patricia Hodgson, Ofcom’s deputy chair, has been chosen as the preferred candidate for the top job following the departure of Colette Bowe.
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Ofcom clears C4's gypsy programming
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4’s gypsy documentary franchises of breaking its code following a slew of complaints from the travelling community.
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Ofcom awards second wave of local TV licences
Estuary TV has added Scarborough to its existing Grimsby local television licence as Ofcom has begun awarding a second wave of 12-year broadcasting rights.
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Ofcom criticises This Morning and Newsnight over McAlpine debacle
This Morning and Newsnight have both had their knuckles rapped by Ofcom over Lord McAlpine being wrongly implicated in child abuse sex allegations on both shows.
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Ofcom launches major study into TV violence
Ofcom has commissioned a major piece of research into viewers’ attitudes to violence on television – as Hollyoaks was rapped for a pre-wateshed fight scene that featured a character being killed by a speeding train.
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Ofcom finds C5 murder doc guilty
Channel 5 crime doc Murder Files has been found in breach of Ofcom regulations for broadcasting violent scenes before the 9pm watershed.
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Ofcom: no relief for BT over Sky Sports
Sky Sports will not be available via BT’s YouView service for the start of the Premier League season after Ofcom refused to grant the telco interim relief.
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Ofcom clears Utopia in child violence investigation
Utopia, the controversial Channel 4 drama that featured a shooting in a school, has been cleared by an Ofcom investigation.
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Ofcom mulls increasing C4 nations quota
Ofcom is considering whether to increase Channel 4’s nations production quota from 3% to 9% by 2020.
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Ofcom agrees ITV news shake-up
ITV’s regional news output is to be radically overhauled after Ofcom agreed renewed terms for the Channel 3 and Channel 5 licences until 2025.
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Ofcom backs Sky Sports BT ads ban
Ofcom has ruled that Sky broke no regulations in refusing to carry adverts for BT Sport on its Sky Sports channels.
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Ofcom to referee BT & Sky row
Ofcom has opened an investigation after BT accused Sky of refusing to provide its Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 channels to its pay-TV service on YouView on reasonable terms.
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Ofcom flags concerns over C4 News share
Ofcom has raised concerns with Channel 4 over a variety of issues including its declining main channel audience share, its education strategy, and the reach of its news services.
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Ofcom takes ITV to task over Patsy Kensit interview
ITV has been summoned to meet Ofcom to ensure it understands the rules around promotional references after breaching them for the third time in two years.
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Comic Relief investigated by Ofcom
Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief sketch as the Archbishop of Canterbury is to be formally investigated by Ofcom after it drew more than 3,000 complaints.
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Ofcom gets tough with BBC over treatment of kids
Ofcom wants assurances from the BBC over the protection of children in its programmes after Dick Dom’s Hoopla was found to have breached its code.
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Ofcom kicks off second wave of local TV
Ofcom has launched a hunt for operators to run a second wave of local TV licences across the country as the initiative expands.
