All Regulation articles – Page 121
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Ofcom ad rules may be dropped
Ofcom is considering scrapping rules governing how many adverts a broadcaster can show in a programme amid claims they are outdated.
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NewsCurrie set for Ofcom extension
9.30am:Ofcom chairman Lord David Currie is considering extending his five-year contract but only for another two years.
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Newsnight 'not fair'
Former Conservative party press chief Guy Black has won a partial victory against the BBC, after he complained about a Newsnightreport on the party's leader, Michael Howard last year. Black complained about the programme's coverage, claiming extracts from interviews had been used selectively and missed out ...
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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.
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NewsOfcom bans Make Poverty History ads
Ofcom has banned the Make Poverty History campaign from advertising on UK television and radio.
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NewsLords committee to probe TV cricket deals
BBC chiefs are to be grilled by parliament over their bidding policy to broadcast sports events amid protests about the loss of live coverage of test match cricket to Sky.
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NewsMore complaints over C4 Lost ads
Channel 4's new hit show Lostcontinues to come under fire for featuring too many ad breaks, with complaints to Ofcom more than doubling.
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NewsBirt floats Ofcom-style BBC regulator
Lord Birt has suggested he wants to see the BBC overseen by an Ofcom-style body, in an interview in which he fleshed out his Edinburgh festival MacTaggart speech.
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NewsBBC 'husband training' show sparks 200 complaints
The BBC has apologised for airing a show in which husbands are subjected to dog-like training, following 200 complaints.
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FM challenge fails
Ofcom has defeated a second High Court legal challenge to one of its FM radio licence decisions. John Grierson, former managing director of the CKFM bid for the Cornwall licence, challenged Ofcom's decision to award the licence to Atlantic FM, whose bid he said did not comply with the regulator's ...
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NewsThe minister flicking the switch
James Purnell, the minister responsible for the high-profile switchover from analogue to digital TV, is optimistic about the future of a more distinctive, high-quality choice of programming.
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BBC rapped over vice
A BBC daytime series that covered prostitution, pornography and drug abuse has been rapped by media watchdog Ofcom. The regulator said scenes showing brothel workers, intravenous drug-taking, and sex toys - shown as part of the Britain'sStreets of Vicein February - were 'unremitting' and unsuitable for broadcast ...
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NewsBBC daytime sex under fire
A BBC daytime series that covered prostitution, pornography and drug abuse has been rapped by media watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsNotts council lodge Ofcom complaint
Nottingham City Council has complained to Ofcom after Channel 4's Best and Worst Places to Live in the UKnamed the city the second worst place to live in the country.
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NewsITV withdraws Sky EPG complaint
ITV has dropped its formal complaint to Ofcom over the price of BSkyB's regionalised encryption service.
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Ofcom fines C4 over Red Bull item
Channel 4 has been slapped with a£5,000 fine for giving undue prominence to energy drink Red Bull during a Richard and Judy Showbroadcast last year. In an attempt to correct inaccuracies in an item on the dangers of excessive caffeine intake, C4 showed a video on ...
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NewsKinga arouses 5.4m and 50 complaints
The latest sexual antics of Big Brothercontestant Kinga Karolczak continued to bring in the viewers with the Channel 4 show peaking at 10.45pm with 5.4 million (28.9%).
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NewsOfcom raises Five's commissions quota
Ofcom has capped Five's quota for original productions commissioned for the channel at 55% of all hours from 2006, up two per cent on the 2005 level.
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Ofcom wins legal battle over licences
Ofcom has won the first of two legal challenges over FM radio licences it has awarded. In the first such action taken against the regulator, A-Ten FM chairman Francis Wildman brought a judicial review to the High Court over its awarding of the recent Ashford licence to Local Ashford Radio ...
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Ofcom pay up...
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter was paid£414,463 in the past financial year. His basic salary of£267,500 was boosted by a£53,500 bonus and a£66,875 pension allowance. Chairman David Currie earned a total of£178,443, his salary of£152,777 topped up by a£25,666 pension allowance. Other top earners included senior partner for competition and ...