Feb 14 2007
Regulator Ofcom has cleared BSkyB of allegations that it overcharged a channel for a listing on its electronic programme guide (EPG). Entertainment channel Rapture TV claimed Sky had breached its regulatory obligations by offering unfair listing terms. With an annual turnover of under £150,000, the channel believed its £76,800 EPG bill was “unduly high.” Sky […]
Jan 11 2007
Ofcom has revoked the licence of adult TV channel Look4Love following multiple breaches of its broadcasting code and a failure to pay a £175,000 fine. It is being closed for broadcasting X-rated material unencrypted and repeatedly ignoring previous warnings about its content. Look4Love was a free-to-air service broadcasting after 10pm on Sky Digital.
Nov 20 2006
Ofcom are to look into BSkyB’s shock acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV. According to MediaGuardian, Ofcom will have to decide whether the move constitutes a “change of control” at ITV and whether it would compromise the commercial broadcaster’s obligations as a public service provider as well as its programme investment. If Ofcom decides […]
Jul 12 2006
Ofcom’s independent Consumer Panel says it has “serious concerns” over the way the UK’s digital switchover is being managed. In a hard-hitting statement the panel, chaired by Colette Bowe, says it wants “fundamental changes in the way the process is being handled”, and says it does not believe that Digital UK—the industry-backed body charged with […]
Apr 21 2006
Media regulator Ofcom has said it plans to cap the charges that Sky imposes on companies using its satellite service. Ofcom said its decision was based on Sky’s dominant position in Britain’s pay TV sector. “With 8 million households now signed up to Sky’s retail platform service, Sky is now in a much stronger negotiating […]
Apr 20 2006
Media regulator Ofcom has cleared the way for pay TV channels to be carried on the digital terrestrial TV service, Freeview, overturning access restrictions that until now have allowed only subscription-free channels to be carried on the platform. The move means that subscription-based channels such as Sky One, MTV, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel can […]
Jan 16 2006
Ofcom engineers are investigating how a faulty Freeview set-top box could have triggered an RAF air-sea rescue mission. The set-top box in Portsmouth apparently generated a Mayday signal identical to that used by emergency beacons, and was picked up on January 5 by satellite and forwarded to RAF Kinloss in Scotland. From there coastguards on […]
Feb 13 2005
Media regulator Ofcom has finally outlined its schedule for switching off the UK’s analogue TV signal. It said a region-by-region process would start in 2008, with analogue transmitters being gradually turned off. In order to reach its proposed December 31, 2012 deadline for the final switch-over, it is proposing a phased switchover by ITV region […]
Jan 24 2005
The European Commission has called in UK media and competition regulators to help its investigation into the way the Premier League sells its rights, including its exclusive £1bn pay-TV deal with BSkyB. The communications regulator Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading – which have joint responsibility for competition regulation of the British media sector […]
Jan 17 2005
Government regulators at Ofcom have launched their first investigation into Sky after ITV complained about the charges to be part of its platform. Talks between the two over the amount ITV pays to have its channels encrypted and included on Sky Digital’s EPG recently broke down and Ofcom has confirmed that it has launched a […]
Jan 10 2005
ITV has made a formal complaint to government regulators about the charges which Sky wants to impose on it for enabling satellite TV viewers to receive the correct regional version of the channel. ITV claims in a statement to OFCOM that Sky’s proposed charges are: “unfair, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory and therefore in breach of […]
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Apr 17 2007
Ofcom, broadcasters to meet over HD
Ofcom will meet with the UK’s major broadcasters to discuss the future of high definition services on digital terrestrial television. The media regulator and broadcasters are at odds over whether spectrum currently used for analogue services should be at least partially reserved for HD on digital terrestrial or auctioned off for other purposes. Ofcom maintains […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: DTT, Freeview HD, Ofcom