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Ofcom
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Ofcom reveals details of new white space trials
UK regulator Ofcom is planning to take forward its plans for the use of ‘white…
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London Live local programming commitments cut
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has approved some cuts to London Live’s local programming commitments, after…
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New competition chief for Ofcom
UK media and telecoms regulator Ofcom has named Jonathan Oxley as its new group director…
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Ofcom CEO Ed Richards steps down
Ofcom’s chief executive officer, Ed Richards will step down at the end of December after…
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Northern Ireland’s first local TV station goes live
Northern Ireland’s first local TV channel, Belfast-based NvTv, went on air for the first time…
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Virgin Media calls for Ofcom review into football rights sale
Virgin Media has asked UK broadcast regulator Ofcom to launch a formal review into how…
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Sheffield local TV station goes live
Local television network Sheffield Live! TV launched yesterday evening, broadcasting in the Yorkshire city on…
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Ofcom rejects London Live changes
UK regulator Ofcom has rejected local TV channel London Live’s bid to cut its homegrown…
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Ofcom issues UK local TV warning
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has said that it is “very unlikely” that all the new…
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Mixed results for ATVOD in Ofcom appeals
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has welcomed a rejection by Ofcom of adult service Frankie and…
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Ofcom names new Northern Ireland advisory members
UK regulator Ofcom has named three new members to its advisory committee for Northern Ireland….
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Birmingham’s City TV first of new local services to go bust
Birmingham’s City TV has become the first of the UK’s new local TV services to…
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UK TV sees biggest communications revenue growth, says Ofcom report
TV saw the biggest rise in communications sector revenues in the UK last year, seeing…
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Ofcom opens applications for new local TV channels
UK media regulator Ofcom has invited applications for new local TV channels in seven UK…
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London Live calls for reduction of local content requirements
UK local TV station London Live has requested an amendment to the obligations of its…
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Discovery fined £100,000 for letting ‘Deadly Women’ loose
Ofcom has fined Discovery Europe £100,000 (€126,583) for transmitting graphic and disturbing violent content in…
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STV Glasgow gets audience of half a million
Local UK TV network STV Glasgow said that it has reached an audience of 572,000…
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Four in ten UK internet users watch TV on the web, says Ofcom
Some 39% of UK internet users said they use the web to watch TV or…
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BT tops TV complaints list
BT was by far the most complained-about UK TV service in the quarter to March,…
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Ofcom awards three more local TV licences
UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has awarded three new local digital-terrestrial TV licences. Licences…
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Ofcom could auction DTT spectrum off as early as 2016
The loss of the spectrum currently used by digital-terrestrial broadcasting in the UK has moved…
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DVD viewing drops to just 55% of UK adults
The proportion of adults in the UK that regularly watch DVDs, videos or Blu-ray discs…
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UK surge in superfast broadband
The proportion of superfast broadband connections in the UK has grown from 5% in November…
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BT tops Ofcom pay TV complaints table
Ofcom received more complaints about BT TV service in the last quarter of 2014 than…
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Norwich local channel Mustard TV to launch on Monday
Mustard TV, the new local TV channel for Norwich in the UK, is launching on…
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Influence of ‘second screen’ still negligible, says Ofcom
The recent phenomenon of the second screen screen has “not had a large influence of…
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Ofcom renews commercial TV licences
UK regulator Ofcom has renewed the broadcasting licenses for Channel 3 – comprising ITV, Scotland’s…
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Sky suffers reversal as Court of Appeal sends sports channel case back to CAT
BSkyB has suffered a reversal in its legal battle over the terms under which it…
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Ofcom renews Channel 3 and 5 licences
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has renewed the licences for Channel 3 and Channel 5 for…
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Ofcom should have final say on media mergers, says Lords committee
Media regulator Ofcom, rather the UK culture secretary, should have the final say on whether…