All Regulation articles – Page 111
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NewsTime to restore trust in call TV
Has the industry learnt its lesson over the problem with call TV?
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NewsC4 axes premium-rate phone-in competitions
Channel 4 has axed all of its premium-rate phone-in competitions except for one tied to Deal or No Dealin the wake of the 'You Say, We Pay' row. [ALL]
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NewsVirgin Media: customers can cancel for free
Virgin Media will give its customers until the end of March to cancel their agreements because of the loss of the basic Sky channels - but insists that not offering those channels does not constitute a breach of contract.
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NewsVirgin welcomes NCC complaint threat
Virgin Media has welcomed the National Consumer Council's (NCC) threat to call on Ofcom or the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the loss of Sky's basic channels from the cable platform.
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NewsConsumer council calls for Virgin and Sky review
The National Consumer Council (NCC) is threatening to make a formal complaint about the digital TV market after BSkyB's basic channels dropped off the Virgin Media platform earlier this week.
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NewsKiss admits to phone-in blunder
Emap-owned radio network Kiss is the latest media company to become embroiled in a phone-in scandal after admitting that a producer supplied incorrect answers to an on-air quiz.
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NewsRosen defends stance on power of super-indies
Pact vice-chairman Nick Rosen has defended his comment piece in last week's Broadcastwhich prompted Pact chairman Alex Graham to email members claiming the article was a 'challenge to the authority' of the Pact council.
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NewsPact lobbies MPs in kids campaign
Pact has stepped up its campaign to save kids TV after pressing MPs to launch an urgent review into funding for children's programming.
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NewsGrade slams junk food ad ban
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade raged at Ofcom's restrictions on junk food advertising at a media conference in London yesterday (27 February), calling it 'nonsense.'
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NewsBSkyB and Virgin squabbles continue
BSkyB has again refuted claims by Virgin Media that it will double the price of its basic channels. It has also told the cable operator to shut up and return to the negotiating table.
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NewsIcstis to probe Saturday Kitchen claims
Premium rate phone line regulator Icstis has launched a formal investigation into the BBC's Saturday Kitchenfollowing claims some pre-recorded shows were still encouraging callers to phone in.
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NewsParents value kids TV, Pact tells MPs
Pact has presented a parliamentary select committee with evidence that homegrown kids programming contributes to the UK's cultural identity, as it attempts to get MPs to join its campaign to save kids TV.
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NewsBBC Trust approves Freesat
The BBC Trust has provisionally approved the launch of Freesat, the corporation's planned free-to-view satellite service in partnership with ITV.
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NewsSky goes public with cable carriage details
BSkyB has made the details of its carriage deal dispute with Virgin Media public, saying its offer is a 20% increase on the existing contract or 3p per customer per day, and not double as Virgin Media claimed last week.
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NewsSky rages at Darling's review decision
BSkyB has launched a scathing attack on the government's decision to order an Ofcom review of its 17.9% stake in ITV, accusing it of 'contradicting' its own guidance.
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NewsNUJ names work experience abusers
The NUJ will launch its Work Experience Guidelines today by delivering a letter to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs naming and shaming employers who exploit journalists on work experience.
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NewsDarling asks Ofcom to investigate BSkyB's ITV stake
Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling has ordered Ofcom to investigate whether BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV is in the public's interest.
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NewsBBC: Saturday Kitchen will now be live
The BBC has decided that every episode of its cookery show Saturday Kitchenwill be broadcast live following recent claims that some pre-recorded programmes still encouraged viewers to call in.
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NewsBBC strike action called off
The BBC will not face strike action on 26 February after management assured the unions that the number of potential voluntary redundancies would be reduced.