Four local TV areas to merge into two following Ofcom consultation
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has elected to merge four areas originally intended to host stand-alone local TV channels into two. The…
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Ofcom fines Islamic channel for broadcast of ‘acceptable to murder’ comments
Ofcom has fined an Islamic TV channel £85,000 after it broadcast statements saying it was acceptable to murder anyone who…
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Ofcom says Channel 4 news and current affairs commitments will remain unchanged to 2025
Channel 4’s news output has been safeguarded for another decade under the terms of its new broadcasting licence which starts…
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NUJ says ITV cuts to regional news output are ‘a major blow to public service broadcasting’
ITV’s decision to cut its regional news output in some areas by more than a third had been condemned as…
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‘At the boundaries of what is acceptable’, but Ofcom rules in favour of Sky News over canoe-man hacking
Media regulator Ofcom has ruled that Sky News did not breach the broadcasting code by hacking into the emails of…
ByRadio 4 Today censured by Ofcom over handling of Lynda La Plante ‘retard’ comment
The BBC has been censured after writer Lynda La Plante used the word “retard” during an interview on Radio 4’s…
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Ofcom launches investigation over pre-watershed Woolwich video
TV watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation over the decision by broadcasters to air footage before the watershed from the…
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Panorama breached privacy by identifying ‘anonymous’ gambling addict source
An edition of BBC1's Panorama has breached the Ofcom code after a man who was supposed to remain anonymous was…
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