TV and Radio Compliance Consultant
Many local, community and hospital radio stations (and local TV channels) in the UK rely on volunteers for their broadcasting. These volunteers are of varying ages and backgrounds. Many carry out essential roles producing and hosting programmes. All UK broadcasters… Continue
The decision by Ofcom that a performance by stand up comedian Toju Okorodudu (pictured) shown on Channel 7 breached the Broadcasting Code is interesting on several fronts. (See 29 August 2023 Bulletin). In a move that was never official or… Continue
…And a question for Ofcom When on 6 July Labour leader Keir Starmer said he felt ‘very uncomfortable’ about industrial action by university lecturers leaving students unable to graduate, it made a few headlines and was the lead story that… Continue
Observers have not fully appreciated the significance to Ofcom of Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom’s Group Director of Broadcasting and Online Content (pictured), leaving the regulator to become Director-General of Ireland’s public service broadcaster, RTE. Bakhurst is now on six months’ gardening… Continue
GB News is the new(ish) kid on the block of TV news and opinion broadcasting. Next month (in June 2023) it will celebrate its second anniversary of going on air, with the self-proclaimed aim of providing a right wing, ‘anti-woke’… Continue
Ofcom has issued a stark warning to television services about the use of ‘deep fakes’ in programmes (see Broadcast Bulletin, 3 April 2023). Although the regulator’s new Note to Broadcasters does not refer to the ‘deep fake’ images of the… Continue
John Hardie (pictured) will not be lacking advice in the coming months. The BBC has announced that this former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN and an executive vice president at Walt Disney will lead the independent review of its social… Continue
King Charles may not have complained to Ofcom yet. But he will have the ability to make a formal complaint to media regulator Ofcom about the controversial way he is portrayed as Prince of Wales in episodes of the hit… Continue
TV or radio broadcasters of religious, advice or discussion programming better take care over the coming weeks and months. This week Ofcom revealed that it will be monitoring services carrying this sort of content for potentially harmful material. The regulator… Continue