TV and Radio Compliance Consultant
GB News presenters have toppled like ninepins. The Rev. Calvin Robinson (pictured) was the third to be suspended by GB News after he supported fellow presenter, former actor and political activist Laurence Fox for his highly offensive remarks about political… 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
Ofcom’s decision (Bulletin 406) to find China’s state TV station broke fairness and privacy rules by broadcasting the ‘forced confession’ of British former journalist Peter Humphrey (pictured) has thrust the regulator onto the sharp horns of a high profile sanctions… Continue
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
With Ofcom fining the Al Arabiya channel a whopping £120,000 in January 2018 it is more essential than ever for broadcasters to know what to do to avoid an Ofcom sanction. The first and obvious thing is to have good… Continue
This issue was highlighted by the recent Ofcom decision to order Channel 4 News to broadcast a summary of its determination that the programme had seriously breached Rule 5.1 of the Broadcasting Code (lack of due accuracy in news).