Commercial channels such as ITV could be set to receive a financial shot in the arm after Ofcom relieved British television’s ban on product placement, meaning brands will now be allowed to feature in programmes. Read the full story
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Block Sky bid, risk jobs warns Murdoch Jr.
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Blocking News Corporation’s bid to take over BSkyB could “jeopardise” jobs, according to the chief executive of News Corp in Europe and Asia, James Murdoch. Read the full story
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170 jobs to go at Ofcom
Posted on 21 October 2010.
Ofcom has been hit with a £143m budget cut over the next four years, according to MediaGuardian. Read the full story
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Hunt wields the ‘sword of Damocles’
Posted on 20 October 2010.
Critics have claimed that reforms to Ofcom have removed the media regulator’s independence from the Government. Read the full story
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New challenge to Project Canvas
Posted on 02 September 2010.
A local TV group is demanding an Ofcom investigation into the BBC-backed Project Canvas. Read the full story
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‘Gratuitous’ Gaunt loses Ofcom challenge
Posted on 14 July 2010.
The High Court has ruled that Ofcom did not breach Jon Gaunt’s freedom of speech when it censured him for calling a councillor a “Nazi” on live radio. Read the full story
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