All Regulation articles – Page 86
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C4 cleared over Big Brother bullying row
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4 over how it dealt with bullying allegations made during the last series of Big Brother, despite receiving nearly 5,000 complaints about the reality show.
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Ofcom deals Project Canvas another blow
Project Canvas has been dealt another blow after Ofcom joined technology trade body Intellect Technology Association in raising serious competition concerns about the project.
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C4 wins Ali G lawsuit
Channel 4 has successfully defended an $800,000 (£550,000) libel case brought against the US version of Da Ali G Show.
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Cricket dominates sporting 'crown jewels' debate
The government has received around 100 responses in the first two weeks of its consultation on which national events should be free to air, with cricket coverage dominating the debate.
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Dyke to chair Tory industry review
Greg Dyke, Lis Murdoch and Ashley Highfield are among a host of high profile figures who will review the state of the UK's creative industries for the Conservatives.
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Charge pay-TV players for PSB content, report urges
A report commissioned by Digital Britain has urged the Government to consider making the likes of Virgin Media and Sky pay to carry public service broadcasters.
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Complaints mount over Britain's Got Talent stripper
The housewife who stripped to a basque and nipple tassles in the premiere of ITV1's variety quest Britain's Got Talent has sparked nearly 40 complaints to Ofcom.
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BBC defends 'honest' horse slaughter scenes
The BBC has defended its decision to air footage of horses being slaughtered - claiming it wanted to show horsemen's lives “as honestly as possible”.
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Ofcom investigates Corrie Christianity rant
Ofcom has received 23 complaints following Coronation Street's Easter special in which character Ken Barlow accused the Christian faith of targeting “vulnerable people”.
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Viewers to help decide sporting 'crown jewels'
The government is inviting viewers to tell them which national sporting events they want to see on free-to-air TV from today.
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Peers call for contestable PSB funding
The BBC could face a loss of licence fee revenue to other broadcasters if the government heeds a plea from the House of Lords communications committee to use it to solve the PSB funding crisis.
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MPs revive top-slicing threat
MPs and peers reignited the PSB funding debate this week, rejecting media secretary Andy Burnham's favoured partnership between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and putting licence fee top-slicing back on the agenda.
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C4 to aim Yo Gabba Gabba! at teens
Channel 4 hopes to turn preschool show Yo Gabba Gabba! into a cult hit with students after buying it from RDF Rights for the T4 strand.
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Response: Channel 4
Channel 4's response to a report published today (7 April) by the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee into the BBC's commercial activities.
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Rein in BBCW, say MPs
The Commons media select committee has called for BBC Worldwide's commercial activities to be reined in and its first look option on BBC shows to be ditched.
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Select committee slams BBCW/C4 plan
The Commons media select committee has delivered an embarrassing snub to media secretary Andy Burnham, rejecting his favoured PSB funding solution of a tie-up between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and calling for the licence fee to be top-sliced.
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C4 avoids censure over sex in daytime
Ofcom has rejected 38 complaints against controversial sex-themed episodes of daytime educational series KNTV.
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Ofcom 'unable' to fine Ross and Brand over Sachsgate
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.
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Playboy fined£22.5k for hardcore broadcast
Playboy TV has been fined£22,500 for broadcasting unencrypted explicit 'adult material'.
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Lyons keen on Cameron licence fee meeting
BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons has called for an open debate with Conservative leader David Cameron about the licence fee, but has warned against undue influence from MPs on the current five-year settlement.