All Ofcom articles – Page 42

  • News

    Ofcom investigates Corrie Christianity rant

    2009-04-15T12:29:40Z

    Ofcom has received 23 complaints following Coronation Street's Easter special in which character Ken Barlow accused the Christian faith of targeting “vulnerable people”.

  • News

    Ofcom 'unable' to fine Ross and Brand over Sachsgate

    2009-04-06T09:55:06Z

    Ofcom has said it is “unable” to fine Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand for the Sachsgate scandal, leaving the BBC to pay the£150,000 penalty.

  • News

    Ofcom investigates Moving Wallpaper 'transphobia' row

    2009-04-01T11:03:58Z

    Ofcom is investigating more than 50 complaints alleging that ITV1 comedy Moving Wallpaper was offensive to transsexuals.

  • News

    Ofcom backs C4 religious shows

    2009-03-23T13:19:41Z

    Channel 4's religious programming has been boosted by Ofcom rejecting almost 40 complaints against The Qur'an and Christianity: a History.

  • News

    Global Radio rejects Ofcom warning

    2009-03-16T09:52:06Z

    Global Radio has rejected the ‘yellow card' it was handed by Ofcom after one of its stations was adjudged to have played the wrong style of music.

  • News

    Ofcom raps BBC for misleading interviewee

    2009-03-09T11:34:35Z

    Ofcom has censured the production team behind the BBC3 documentary Amy: My Body For Bucks for failing to tell a contributor that the programme focused on the sex industry.

  • News

    Ofcom clears X Factor voting

    2009-03-09T11:10:38Z

    Ofcom has ruled that the last series of the X Factor did not breach any code of conduct after nearly 1,000 complaints sparked an investigation to the ITV1 talent show.

  • News

    Ofcom TV fines hit£7.7m

    2009-02-18T10:38:37Z

    Ofcom issued a record£7.7m in fines to broadcasters last year, it has emerged.

  • Features

    Ofcom PSB report: The strain of pulling together

    2009-01-29T09:13:23Z

    After months of slugging it out, the BBC and Channel 4 are being ordered to make peace and come up with constructive solutions. How will that work, asks Katherine Rushton.

  • News

    Ofcom: ITV's Home Office deal broke rules

    2009-01-26T11:25:06Z

    Ofcom has criticised ITV's sponsorship agreement with the Home Office for its Beat: Life on the Street series.

  • News

    Ofcom moves to secure regional news post-2011

    2009-01-22T10:43:26Z

    Ofcom has endorsed the BBC and ITV regional news-sharing plan but has warned it will only safeguard plurality in the short term.

  • News

    Ofcom psb review: what the industry says

    2009-01-22T10:42:15Z

    Ofcom's blueprint for the future of public service broadcasting has got the industry talking - and sparked plenty of controversy.

  • News

    Ofcom: keep C4 as it is if partnership fails

    2009-01-21T13:51:50Z

    Managing Channel 4's inevitable decline in its current form would be Ofcom's default preference if its proposed new PSB rival to the BBC proves unworkable.

  • News

    Ofcom raises BBC partnership concerns

    2009-01-21T10:55:29Z

    Ofcom has given the BBC's partnership proposals a lukewarm reception, warning they might not be worth the£120m that the corporation claims.

  • News

    Ofcom unveils radical regional news plan

    2009-01-21T10:35:32Z

    Ofcom believes the proposed partnership between the BBC and ITV will only safeguard local news in the short term and has recommend the creation of a series of independently-funded news consortia in the devolved nations and English regions.

  • News

    Ofcom: C4 needs to merge... but we're not saying who with

    2009-01-21T08:57:52Z

    Ofcom has called for Channel 4 to become part of a new public broadcasting alternative to the BBC - but has refused to say whether BBC Worldwide, Five or another body should be its main partner.

  • News

    Ofcom: we haven't 'rolled over' for ITV

    2009-01-20T16:33:29Z

    Ofcom deputy chairman Philip Graf has defended the media regulator ahead of tomorrow's Public Service Broadcasting report, insisting it was not 'rolling over' in the face of demands from ITV to reduce its regulatory burden.

  • News

    Ofcom hits ITV with regional quota fine

    2009-01-16T13:06:30Z

    Ofcom has fined ITV£220,000 for failing to hit its regional quotas for flagship channel ITV1 in 2006 and 2007.

  • Comment

    Questioning Ofcom's PSB role

    2009-01-14T15:30:16Z

    Submissions to its PSB review are calling on Ofcom to get tough.The eye-straining business of reading the submissions to Ofcom on its upcoming review of public service broadcasting was not entirely a waste of Optrex. It was an exercise that rekindled my somewhat dormant faith in the wisdom of crowds.

  • News

    MPs urge Ofcom chair to take pay cut

    2009-01-13T13:12:41Z

    Ofcom's incoming chair Dr Colette Bowe has turned down a challenge from MPs to set recession-hit Britain an example by accepting a cut in her£200,000 annual salary for a three-day-a-week role.