Ofcom has found that the BBC’s World at One news programme breached broadcasting impartiality rules during a February 2021 interview in which Ruth Davidson accused the Scottish government of corruption....
Russia Today broke UK broadcasting rules on impartiality 29 times over a four-day period following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February, British communications regulator Ofcom has said in a lengthy report published last week....
In April 2021 Ofcom imposed widespread duties on broadcasters in respect of contributor welfare. Practice 7.15 requires broadcasters to “take due care over the welfare of a contributor who might be at risk of significant harm as a result of taking part in a programme, except where the subject matter is trivial or their participation minor…” This requires broadcasters to assess the vulnerability of their contributors and determine what support they may require in respect of their participation. Practice 7.3...
Ofcom has opened 15 new investigations in to the due impartiality of news programmes on the Russian state funded news channel Russia Today (RT)....
The BBC has issued an apology following an interview with US lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, in which he was invited to comment on the recent Ghislaine Maxwell verdict. The broadcaster accepted that Dershowitzis not an ‘impartial analyst’ and that the interview did not meet the BBC’s editorial standards....
Ofcom has not upheld a complaint relating to an episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody....
Ofcom has ruled to take no further action in relation to a breach of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code by former Capital XTRA radio host DJ Tiiny who was found to be soliciting payments in return for featuring tracks on his weekly radio show. ...
Broadcaster ITV has removed four of the newspaper headlines shown during the interview by Oprah Winfrey with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, following a complaint from the publisher of the Daily Mail....
Ofcom has withdrawn the broadcasting licence of English language satellite news channel CGTN after it concluded that the licence holder, Star China Media Limited (SCML), did not have editorial responsibility for the channel’s output....
A privacy complaint brought on behalf of a man called Keiron Watkins – who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for assaulting his wife – has been rejected by Ofcom....
People taking part in TV and radio programmes must be properly looked after by broadcasters, under new rules introduced by Ofcom....
Ofcom has not upheld a privacy complaint about an episode of the show Claimed and Shamed on BBC iPlayer. The complainant, Zoe Minkin, was featured in a segment relating to insurance fraud....
A community radio station which broadcast a two-hour discussion of unsubstantiated coronavirus conspiracy theories, including the claim that the crisis is an orchestrated “plan-demic” linked to the rollout of 5G, has been sanctioned by the broadcasting regulator....
Changes made to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel)(England) Regulations 2020 now allow certain persons working on TV Productions to be partially exempt from the requirement to self-isolate on returning from abroad....
Authorities in Germany are reportedly investigating whether a party held at the studio where the latest Matrix film was shot breached Coronavirus rules. About 200 people were at the party, including star Keanu Reeves, with the guests invited to come as ‘extras’....
Ofcom has not upheld a privacy complaint made in relation to the Channel 4 documentary When Cruises Go Wrong which explored the potential dangers of luxury cruises....
Ofcom has found that two episodes of Channel 5’s Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! did not breach the Code because there was an overriding public interest in making and broadcasting the programmes....
Ofcom has found that an episode of Police Interceptors that included footage of Police questioning a man who was later convicted of drink driving did not breach the Code because there was a substantial public interest in making and broadcasting the programme in the circumstances....
Ofcom has not upheld a fairness and privacy complaint made in relation to an episode of the BBC’s Our Cops in the North....
Channel 5’s The Sex Business has been found to have breached the Ofcom Code because it contained sexually explicit material that was not appropriately scheduled and was potentially offensive, which was not justified by the context....
The Director-General of the BBC, Lord Hall, has personally stepped in to reverse a decision to uphold a complaint against BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty over her criticism of comments made by Donald Trump....
Ofcom has found Channel 5 in breach of Broadcasting Code rules on offence and explicit content over the broadcast of three episodes of The Sex Business in December 2018....
Ofcom has rejected 230 fairness complaints about Channel 4’s Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland....
On 20 August 2017, Channel 5 broadcast an episode of Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! featuring Ms Danin....
During December Ofcom has investigated three complaints against Channel 5 about the programme Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! It found in favour of the complainants in two privacy cases and did not uphold the third complaint....
Ofcom has rejected a complaint made by former Cabinet Minister Peter Lilley, over an edition of Dispatches entitled ‘Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit’....
Ofcom has upheld in part a complaint of unjust or unfair treatment by Herefordshire County Council (“the Council”) over a story on Good Morning Britain about a homeless man called Bob Curry. ...
Ofcom has upheld in part a complaint of unjust or unfair treatment by Herefordshire County Council (“the Council”) over a story on Good Morning Britain about a homeless man called Bob Curry....
The BBC has been found in breach of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code over a Panorama programme which exposed the alleged mistreatment and use of excessive force on young people by G4S staff at Medway Secure Training Centre, in Rochester, Kent....
An episode of The Alex Salmond Show broadcast on controversial Russian current affairs channel Russia Today (“RT”) has been found to be in breach of the provision of the Ofcom Code which says that factual programmes must not materially mislead the audience....
Ofcom has found that Channel 5 breached the Ofcom Code when it broadcast footage of a 13 year old girl dancing, alongside comments about the sexual nature of dancing in Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year Itch....
Ofcom has upheld two separate complaints for breach of privacy against a Channel 5 documentary series on gang culture in the UK, called Inside The Gang....
Ofcom has imposed a £120,000 fine on an Arabic language TV channel over a programme about an attempt to overthrow the government of Bahrain....
Ofcom has found that Channel 5’s observational documentary on extreme body modifications is in breach of the regulator’s rules against glamorising violent or dangerous behaviour, and the inclusion of unjustified methods of self-harm....
Ofcom has upheld, in part, a complaint made by a woman about a report of her involvement in an altercation on a flight from Manchester to Lahore. ‘...
Ofcom has upheld a complaint of infringement of privacy made by Miss F on behalf of herself and members of her family which related to an episode of Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away...
Comment made by Christopher Biggins about bisexuality which were transmitted on Celebrity Big Brother in August this year were not in breach of Ofcom’s rules....
The Daily Mail has faced questions from both a High Court judge and press regulator IPSO, over a journalist’s visit with a 15-year-old who was the subject of care proceedings....
Ofcom has found Channel 4 News to be in breach of the requirement to report news with due accuracy, as a result of its incorrect identification of the man responsible for the Westminster terror attack....
The Government has announced a ‘statement of intent’ for a data protection bill. The proposals for the most part incorporate into UK law the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). ...
Ofcom has not upheld a complaint by a senior UKIP official that his privacy was infringed when Channel 4 broadcast footage which identified the road...
A privacy case relating to the Channel 5 Programme Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! will proceed to trial after the channel failed in a bid to obtain summary judgment. ...
Ofcom has upheld a privacy complaint by a bride who appeared in the background of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress....
In an interesting finding, Ofcom has found that an episode of Harry Hill’s TV Burp, aired on the channel Dave to be in breach of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code rules...
The Supreme Court has upheld an injunction granted to a married celebrity to prevent a Sunday tabloid reporting that he had a threesome with another couple, even though his identity has been reported in the US, Scotland and on social media....