BBC: Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked "with immediate effect" by media regulator Ofcom.
The watchdog said RT's parent body ANO TV Novosti was not "fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence".
RT's coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been under investigation by Ofcom, and the channel had already disappeared from UK screens.
RT, formerly named Russia Today, called Ofcom "a tool of the government".
The channel became unavailable on all UK broadcast platforms earlier this month as a result of a ban imposed by the European Union. » | Friday, March 18, 2022
Showing posts with label Ofcom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ofcom. Show all posts
Friday, March 18, 2022
Monday, July 15, 2013
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Face Inquiry Over Anjem Choudary Interviews
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to be investigated by media regulatorOfcom over their decision to give airtime to radical cleric Anjem Choudray in the wake of the Woolwich attack.
The media regulator has launched an investigation into interviews with Choudray aired on Channel 4 News, BBC2's Newsnight and ITV's Daybreak in the days after the death of Lee Rigby in May after receiving complaints from viewers that the preacher's comments were offensive.
In a series of interviews following the murder on 22 May Choudray, who is banned from entering France by the nation's interior ministry, refused to condemn the killing. » | Mark Sweney | Monday, July 15, 2013
Saturday, January 21, 2012
THE GUARDIAN: Ofcom revokes English-language channel's licence for breaching the Communications Act
Press TV, the Iranian state broadcaster's English-language outlet, has been forced off the air in the UK after Ofcom revoked its licence for breaching the Communications Act.
Ofcom found that Press TV's practice of running its editorial oversight from Tehran, Iran's capital, is in breach of broadcasting licence rules in the UK.
"Ofcom has decided to revoke the licence held by Press TV Limited with immediate effect," the media regulator said in a statement.
Ofcom wrote a letter to Press TV in November highlighting the issue and offered a choice of two remedies.
The first was to switch editorial control for Press TV's programming to the UK, the second to transfer the broadcasting licence to Iran.
"Broadcasting rules require that a licence is held by the person who is in general control of the TV service: that is, the person that chooses the programmes to be shown in the service and organises the programme schedule," Ofcom said.
"Ofcom gave Press TV the opportunity to apply to have its operations in Tehran correctly licensed by Ofcom and Ofcom offered to assist it to do so," said the regulator.
Ofcom said Press TV failed to respond to or implement either of these two options.
"Press TV was given the opportunity to make representations on Ofcom's 'minded to revoke' letter," the regulator said. "Press TV has failed to make the necessary application and Ofcom has therefore revoked Press TV's licence to broadcast in the UK." » | Mark Sweney | Friday, January 20, 2012
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Britain bans Iran's Press TV from airwaves: Britain took a key communications arm of the Iranian state off the airwaves on Friday when Press TV, a satellite news channel, lost its broadcasting licence. » | David Blair | Friday, January 20, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2007
BBC: Media regulator Ofcom has rejected police claims that a Channel 4 programme was distorted.
The programme, Dispatches, tackled claims of Islamic extremism and featured preachers at various mosques.
West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service said the programme was heavily edited and distorted what the preachers were saying.
But Ofcom said it found no evidence the broadcast, Undercover Mosque, had misled its audience.
In a statement it said the one-hour documentary shown in January, was a legitimate investigation, uncovering matters of important public interest. Mosque programme claims rejected (more)
WATCH TELEGRAPH TV:
Video on ‘Undercover Mosque’
WATCH DOCUMENTARY HERE:
Dispatches: Undercover Mosque
Mark Alexander
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)