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Ofcom
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Ofcom grants Welsh local TV licences
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has awarded licences for local TV services in Swansea and Mold,…
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BT complaints double after Sport launch
BT TV was the most complained-about pay TV service in the UK during the third…
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Digital UK weighs into TV white space debate
Digital UK has put its support behind broadcast regulator Ofcom’s plans to make better use…
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UK leads the TV field amongst Euro-peers, says Ofcom report
TV revenue growth across the world’s major countries outperformed other communications industries last year, and…
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Hodgson expected to take over as Ofcom chairman
The UK government has named Patricia Hodgson as its preferred candidate to replace Colette Bowe…
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Ofcom awards new local TV licences
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded two more local TV licences following the launch of the…
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UK gambling advertising on the rise
Gambling advertising on UK television has exploded since the market was liberalised six years ago,…
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UK digital TV comes of age
Digital TV delivered through the home aerial marks its 15-year birthday today, but new digital…
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Ofcom awards new local TV network licences
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has awarded local TV licences for digital terrestrial channels in Cambridge…
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Ofcom to audit quality of subtitles
UK regulator Ofcom is to begin a regular audit of the quality of TV broadcasters’…
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TTP wins Ofcom contract to study future of DTT and white space
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has awarded a contract to Cambridge-based technology company TTP…
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Tablet use up among children as TV ownership dips
Tablet use among children in the UK has more than tripled in the last year,…
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BT and Microsoft to participate in Ofcom white space trial
BT and Microsoft are among the firms that are due to take part Ofcom’s ‘white…
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Playboy TV wins appeal on UK on-demand services
Playboy TV UK/Benelux has won an appeal to regulator Ofcom against a fine levied by…
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Ofcom names new spectrum chief
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has named Philip Marnick as group director in charge…
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UK pay TV and telecom complaints see sharpest fall for a year
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom received fewer complaints about pay TV and telecom services…
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Ofcom opens new round of local TV licence applications
UK communications and media regulator Ofcom has invited applications to operate 11 further local TV…
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Ofcom appoints former Lovefilm exec to content board
UK regulator Ofcom has appointed Lesley McKenzie, the former group digital officer at subscription video-on-demand…
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Ofcom reveals ethnic minority TV trends
Ethnic minority groups in Britain are more likely to have home broadband and a mobile…
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UK programming spend in decline, says Ofcom
Total spend on programming across the five main UK public service broadcast (PSB) channels, as…
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Ofcom hails return of digital ‘1950s-style’ living room
More than half of UK adults now media multi-task while watching TV, though an increasing…
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Channel 4 deputy chairman of board appointed
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has appointed non-exec Channel 4 board member Mark Price as deputy…
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Ofcom consults on new Channel 4 license terms
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom is consulting on whether Channel 4 should be required to commission…
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Ofcom sets new public service license terms for ITV, Channel 5
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has ruled that ITV must deliver more regionalised news reports as…
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BBC to launch five new HD channels as Ofcom creates capacity for more
The BBC has said that it will launch five new free HD channels by early…
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Ofcom consults on wholesale broadband price reform
UK regulator Ofcom has opened a consultation on proposals to reform wholesale telephony and broadband…
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Ofcom chairman to step down
Colette Bowe is to step down as chairman of UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom…
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Ofcom to make high-speed broadband switching easier
UK regulator Ofcom has unveiled new proposals to make it easier for consumer to switch…
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Ofcom orders Scuzz to clean up
UK broadcast regulator has fined the owner of digital satellite channel Scuzz £10,000 for broadcasting…
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BT most complained about pay TV service
BT Vision remained the most complained about pay TV service in the UK in the…