One Ofcom decision all TV news broadcasters must read
Poor CNN International – and with them all TV news broadcasters. Taking decisions about what violent material to show and when are some of the toughest calls they have to make.
Three points from Ofcom’s 7 August 2017 Bulletin to make you better at compliance
TAKE CAREFUL NOTE OF THE NEW GUIDANCE ON RULE 2.1. This is especially so if you a religious channel which might talk about faith healing or a service which features alternative medicine.
Freaking Versus Fu**ing: Broadcasters Beware?
Has Ofcom increased the liability of broadcasters for the most offensive language? That may be the implication of the Resolved finding against Channel 5 for an edition of the ‘Wright Stuff’ published in today’s Ofcom Bulletin.
Masking “f*cks”, misleading contributors, and Kangaroo Island -Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, 19 June
So Ofcom has recorded its first breach of the Broadcasting Code against the Vice group of channels since they launched in the UK (see Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, 19 June). No – sadly – it is not for edgy investigative journalism. But for offensive language on Viceland – and just for badly beeped offensive language at that.