All Regulation articles – Page 105
-
NewsOfcom censures violent EastEnders
BBC1's EastEnders has been censured by Ofcom about the protrayal of violence in an episode that resulted in 78 complaints.
-
NewsBSkyB to fight ITV stake ruling
BSkyB is to fight business secretary John Hutton's decision to make it dispose of the majority of its 17.9% stake in ITV.
-
NewsOfcom proposes gambling changes
Ofcom is proposing to reclassify all TV dating and gambling channels as teleshopping services.
-
NewsOfcom toughens participation TV rules
Broadcasters will need to gain a green light from independent third parties before launching premium rate voting and competitions from June, Ofcom has announced.
-
NewsSky to appeal ITV verdict
BSkyB will lodge an appeal against the Competition Commission's verdict that it should slash its 17.9% stake in ITV to below 7.5%.
-
NewsTUC calls for overtime boycott
Broadcasters and journalists are being urged to refuse to work overtime next Friday in protest at the estimated£6,000 in unpaid overtime worked by media professionals.
-
NewsFreesat will 'struggle'
Freesat will “struggle” to take off when it launches this spring because BSkyB has already made the satellite business its own, according to Top Up TV chief executive officer Nick Markham.
-
News
Local content rule change
Ofcom last week relaxed its guidelines for locally produced content on analogue commercial radio.
-
NewsBBC award switchover contract to eaga
The BBC has appointed green support services company eaga to manage the digital switchover Help Scheme.
-
NewsBurnham shares top slicing vision
New culture secretary Andy Burnham has made a veiled indication that he will back radical proposals to share out the BBC licence fee, sharing the vision of his predecessor James Purnell.
-
NewsJamie's Shaker lands C4 in hot water
Ofcom has criticised Channel 4 after Jamie Oliver prominently used one of his self-branded utensils in the Jamie at Home series.
-
NewsOfcom revises local radio guidelines
Ofcom has relaxed its guidelines for the amount of locally-produced content on analogue commercial radio but has defended its decision to set minimum levels of local programming.
-
NewsDecision on Test cricket's return to free TV delayed
The prospect of England's home cricket Test series returning to free-to-air TV in the near future has been dealt a blow.
-
NewsBBC in presenter race row
The BBC has launched an investigation after it allegedly broke race discrimination laws in the hunt for a new presenter.
-
NewsGovernment rejects MPs bid to tighten C4's remit
The government has rejected a plan by the Commons media select committee to tighten Channel 4's public service remit in exchange for allowing it to share some of the BBC's licence fee.
-
NewsOFT kicks off ITV rights review
Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading have embarked on a year-long review of ITV's contract rights renewal mechanism for advertisers.
-
NewsBSkyB ordered to cut stake in ITV
BSkyB must reduce its holding in ITV from 17.9% to below 7.5% and not take a seat on its board, the government has ruled.
-
NewsSBC attacks fake 'Scottish' shows
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has called on the BBC and Ofcom to address the practice of network programmes being labelled Scottish productions despite having very little connection with the country.
-
NewsBremner, Bird and Fortune escapes Ofcom censure
Comedians John Bird and John Fortune have escaped censure from Ofcom over jokes they made concerning missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann.
-
NewsNews Corp takes Virgin Media to court
News Corp subsidiary Gemstar TV Guide International has filed a lawsuit against cable giant Virgin Media alleging infringement of its European patents.