All Regulation articles – Page 101
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NewsUK docs accused of global stereotypes
A government-backed report has accused broadcasters of perpetuating stereotypes of the Middle East and Africa in their documentary output.
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NewsBurnham: No relaxation on product placement rules
Media secretary Andy Burnham has told broadcasters that he will not relax the rules to allow them to boost their declining revenues by introducing product placement.
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NewsBBC criticised over news coverage of the regions
The BBC's news coverage of the nations and region is lacking in “clarity, precision and balance”, the BBC Trust has found.
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NewsTime Out calls for BBCW probe
Time Out is urging the Office of Fair Trading to launch a probe into BBC Worldwide's acquisition of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.
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NewsC4 Livingstone doc cleared
Channel 4's controversial Dispatches investigation into Ken Livingstone has been cleared by Ofcom of allegations that it was biased.
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NewsC4 spared after Simpsons swearing
Channel 4 has escaped censure after broadcasting the word 'wankers' twice during an episode of The Simpsons at 6pm.
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Call for NI PSB debate
Discussion about Ofcom's public service broadcasting review had been “too sedate” when it came to Northern Ireland's role, according to the regulator's director for Northern Ireland, Denis Wolinski.
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NewsOfcom fines MTV Europe£255,000
Ofcom has fined MTV Networks Europe£255,000 for repeatedly broadcasting “highly offensive” language and material before 9pm.
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NewsBSkyB slammed by ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint from BT over what the telcomms giant described as a “misleading and denigratory” ad campaign run by BSkyB last year.
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NewsBBC1 drops the C bomb pre-watershed
BBC1 has been reprimanded by Ofcom for airing bad language before the 9pm watershed, including the phrase 'Oi, you fat c***'.
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NewsEyre: Privatise Radio 1 and 2
Outgoing GCap chairman Richard Eyre has joined Peter Bazalgette in calling for BBC Radio 1 and 2 to be privatised.
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NewsOfcom threatens ITV with action over regions
Ofcom is set to take action against ITV for failing to hit its out-of-London production value quota for two years running.
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NewsBurnham rejects calls for PRTS criminal inquiry
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has ducked a challenge by Lib-Dem media spokesman Don Foster to get the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the premium-rate telephone TV scandals.
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NewsDownloads get classification
Age restrictions on DVDs of TV shows are to be extended to on-demand downloads under a new voluntary scheme.
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NewsBurnham under pressure over cricket
Media Secretary Andy Burnham is under pressure to make a policy decision that would plunge him into head-on collision with satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
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NewsBBC3 hopes to lure teens with afternoon opening
The BBC has petitioned the Trust to extend BBC3's hours into the afternoon, and is planning to give some of the extra space to its teen strand Switch.
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NewsC4's Duncan calls for end to 'squabbling' over PSB
C4 chief executive Andy Duncan has said that its time for the industry to stop its “petty competitive squabbles” over the future of licence fee funding and sort out the future of public service broadcasting before its too late.
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NewsLyons: Publicly-funded C4 would be 'BBC5'
Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, has attacked proposals to publicly-fund Channel 4 - warning that such a move would simply reduce it to “BBC5”.
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NewsWho fans told to get knitted
Civil rights advocates the Open Rights Group is pressing the BBC to be more flexible in allowing the public to “remix” its content for non-commercial ends after the broadcaster forced a Doctor Who fan to stop distributing knitting patterns based on the show's characters.
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NewsVirgin scolded over 'misleading' ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint from BSkyB over a 'misleading' national advert run by Virgin Media.