All Ofcom articles – Page 32
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Ofcom ‘inconsistent’ over Press TV licence
Last week, Ofcom revoked the licence of Press TV, the state-run Iranian English-language news channel, partly for ‘serious breaches’ of the broadcasting code.
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Ofcom proposes core principles for digital future
OXFORD: Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has outlined proposals for regulation in the digital future - but rejected the idea of a “single super regulator”.
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Jon Snow praises Ofcom in Cudlipp Lecture
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has praised Ofcom for its role in regulating TV journalism and backed proposals for a similar regulator of the print industry.
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Ofcom backs C4's risk-taking
Channel 4’s risk taking programming has been backed by Ofcom, which has cleared Ricky Gervais’ use of the word “mong” and thrown out more than 160 complaints over Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.
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Ofcom slams ITV over IRA doc blunder
Ofcom has delivered a damning verdict of the blunder that led ITV1 to include video game footage in a hard-hitting documentary about the IRA.
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Ofcom revokes Press TV licence
Iranian news channel Press TV has had its licence revoked by Ofcom after failing to comply with regulator’s guidelines on editorial control.
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Deverell leaving BBC for Ofcom
Richard Deverell is to leave the BBC less than a year after he was charged with overseeing the corporation’s exit from W12.
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Ofcom gets tough on TV psychics
Ofcom has published guidance on psychic television services which bans practices related to the occult and offered advice on the use of props.
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Ofcom rules out full-scale TV ad review
Ofcom has decided against referring the television advertising market to the Competition Commission (CC).
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Ofcom clears news coverage of Gaddafi's death
Ofcom has cleared news coverage of Colonel Gaddafi’s death across a spectrum of broadcasters.
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Sky's Strike Back sex cleared by Ofcom
Three sex scenes shown shortly after the watershed in Sky1’s drama series, Strike Back: Project Dawn, have been cleared by broadcast regulator Ofcom.
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Ofcom boss suggests European DTT frequency
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has raised the prospect of a single European frequency for digital TV.
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X Factor's Frankie Cocozza sparks Ofcom probe
Controversial X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza is giving ITV more to worry about than falling ratings – Ofcom is investigating three separate incidents that may have breached its code.
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One Show avoids being collared by Ofcom
The One Show has been cleared by Ofcom following complaints from a pets’ manufacturing company.
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Ofcom rejects Sheridan privacy complaints
Ofcom has rejected two privacy complaints launched by former Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail.
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Ofcom clears Sri Lanka's Killing Fields doc
C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has hailed ITN Production’s journalism and the broadcaster’s “meticulous legal and compliance scrutiny” after Ofcom rejected almost 120 complaints about Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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Growth in Welsh shows helps C4 pass Ofcom quota
Channel 4 is expecting to exceed its nations and regions commissioning quota thanks in part to a significant growth in orders from Wales.
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Ofcom clears Al Jazeera over 'Palestine Papers'
Ofcom has ruled that Al Jazeera did not breach any broadcast rules in its publication of secret papers detailing the last decade of Israeli-Palestine peace talks.
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Ofcom to probe ITV1 IRA gaffe
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the high-profile error that saw video game footage mistakenly feature in a hard-hitting ITV1 documentary about the IRA.