The end of the watershed?

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

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Ofcom – a Family at War?

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

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The great Al Arabiya mystery

As consultant with leading West End media firm, Simons Muirhead, I was privileged last night to be invited on to both the Al Jazeera Arabic and English services (see picture) to seek to explain the great Al Arabiya mystery. Why… Continue

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Old films – new compliance problems

“To edit or not to edit, that is the question” is an issue often faced by standards compliance advisers. But it is rarely a more vexed point than in old films and TV programmes containing language considered acceptable at the… Continue

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