All Regulation articles – Page 85
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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.
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Ofcom investigates Moving Wallpaper 'transphobia' row
Ofcom is investigating more than 50 complaints alleging that ITV1 comedy Moving Wallpaper was offensive to transsexuals.
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Licence fee law must be made clear for online viewing, says Trust
The BBC Trust has asked the BBC to be clearer about the law surrounding TV viewing online as it keeps a watching brief on the impact of on-demand viewing on the licence fee.
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Trust: No room for licence fee 'freeloaders'
The BBC Trust has warned the corporation to adopt a more “firm but fair” approach to licence fee collection - but chairman Sir Michael Lyons has warned there is 'no room for freeloaders'.
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DCMS to examine BBC/ITV news-sharing plans
The BBC's plans to share news footage with ITV will come under scrutiny in a new select committee enquiry.
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BBC to name 'media literacy champion'
The BBC is to appoint a new “media literacy champion” in the latest of its efforts to broaden its role to become a “supporting hand” to the rest of the media sector.
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Ofcom backs C4 religious shows
Channel 4's religious programming has been boosted by Ofcom rejecting almost 40 complaints against The Qur'an and Christianity: a History.