TV and Radio Compliance Consultant
Ofcom has been under pressure from the anti-smoking lobby for many years with complaints about the prominence of smoking in drama series – or even cartoons like Tom and Jerry. Ofcom has steered… Continue
…do have periodic compliance reviews! Many broadcasters have set up arrangements for their compliance of TV and radio programmes, advertising, sponsorship and premium rate phone calls, and on demand services, for example and become comfortable with them. Like those… Continue
On the day the head of MI5, Andrew Parker (pictured), makes a headline grabbing speech warning about Russia creating a “fog of lies” over the Skripal poisoning, it is worth noting Ofcom is setting up new projects to investigate fake… Continue
Ofcom’s unprecedented announcement (18 April 2018) that it is opening seven new due impartiality investigations into the RT (formerly Russia Today) channel in the wake of the Skripal poisoning raises several fascinating legal and compliance questions. There has been… Continue
Yes, Caesar did it on 10 January 49BC – Ofcom on Monday of this week (9 April 2108). The significance of this Ofcom move however was not recognised by commentators or the press at the time. Ofcom’s Rubicon was publishing… Continue
It is very difficult to win a judicial review (JR) against an expert regulator like Ofcom so think carefully – very carefully – before starting it. A JR is expensive and time-consuming. So choose your JR prudently. (By the way… Continue
So Ofcom has finally published its consultation on daytime PIN protection (let’s call it DPP for short). It was BSkyB who initially pushed several years ago for a liberalisation of the DPP rules to allow it to show a wider… Continue
Once Ofcom has decided to consider a serious breach of the Code for a sanction, all is not lost. This month I am giving some tips, based on years of experience handling sanctions at Ofcom, on how best a broadcaster… Continue
As the manager at Ofcom who headed its 2016 Offensive language research, I wanted to make a few points about the regulator’s (now) controversial decision to breach the Family At War 1970-2 drama series shown on Talking Pictures TV for a… Continue