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Miliband: Ofcom Should Investigate Murdoch Quicker (LISTEN)

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

The media regulator Ofcom should speech up its investigation into whether Rupert Murdoch is "fit" to hold a broadcasting licence in the UK, according ...

Is News Corp Fit To Hold Broadcasting Licence?

Posted 01.05.2012 | UK

The culture committee's findings about the failure to uncover the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World raise "serious questions" about whe...

Breaking The Law Can Shed Light On Crime, Sky News Boss Says

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK

Journalists have to consider breaking the law on occasion in order to "shed light" on wrong doing, the head of Sky News has told the Leveson inquiry, ...

Ofcom Investigates Sky News Over Email Hacking

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK

Ofcom is launching an investigation into hacking of private email accounts by Sky News. The broadcaster admitted earlier this month that it accesse...

HomeServe Fined £750,000 For Excessive Calls

PA | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK

Home insurance and repairs company HomeServe has been fined £750,000 for making an excessive number of silent and abandoned calls. HomeServe excee...

Couldn't Hack It? Why Did Murdoch Step Down

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK

James Murdoch's decision to step down as the chairman of BSkyB will be seen as yet another sign that the family's grip on UK media is crumbling. An...

How the 10% Rule benefits Broadband Users

Julia Kukiewicz | Posted 28.05.2012 | UK Tech
Julia Kukiewicz

Clearer speed ads aren't just fairer. UK households have been slow to take up fibre products, stifling further investment in our infrastructure. If the ASA enforced rules which made clear the very real differences between the two technologies that might not be the case.

Royal Mail To Be Sold 'Too Cheaply' In Government 'Fire Sale'

PA | Posted 26.05.2012 | UK Politics

Labour today raised fears that the Royal Mail will be sold too cheaply ahead of an announcement on the regulation of the industry. Ofcom will detai...

Scotland Mulls Junk Food Advert Restrictions

PA | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK

Adverts for food which is high in fat, sugar and salt should not be broadcast before the 9pm watershed, according to the public health minister for Sc...

Ofcom: 4G Available Across The UK This Year

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK Tech

Ultra high-speed 4G mobile broadband could be available across the UK this year, Ofcom said today in a statement. The new, high speed spectrum wi...

Ofcom Intensifies Murdoch 'Fit And Proper' Investigation

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.03.2012 | UK

An inquiry into whether James Murdoch and BSkyB are 'fit and proper' operators of a broadcasting licence has been stepped up by the media regulator Of...

A First Class Rise: MPs Back Stamp Price Increase

PA | Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Politics

MPs today backed increases in the price of stamps despite expressing concerns about the impact on vulnerable consumers and small firms. The Busines...

Clarkson Dodges Another Bullet

PA | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's comment that striking public sector workers "should be shot" did not breach broadcasting rules, TV watchdog Ofcom...

Call For New Press Regulator Powers

PA | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK

A former BBC executive has called for the creation of a new independent press regulator with more substantial powers to investigate unethical behaviou...

Britain is Better Off Without Iranian Press TV, Regardless of What the Channel's Supporters Tell Us

Tom J Wilson | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK Politics
Tom J Wilson

Ofcom has revoked the UK licence of the Iranian state controlled channel Press TV. Since 2007 Press TV has been the flagship of Iran's propaganda mission to the West, and now it is gone and that has to be good news for supporters of democracy and human rights everywhere. Enter Geoffrey Alderman.

Retail and the High Street: Setting the Social Media Scene for 2012

Tim Gibbon | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK
Tim Gibbon

There were two reports at the end of last year significant to social media and retail: 'Understanding the High Street' by Mary Portas and 'Internation...

Press TV Discredits Itself

Jody Sabral | Posted 25.03.2012 | UK Politics
Jody Sabral

As the internet swarms with reaction to Ofcom's decision to take Press TV off the Sky platform in the UK, the channel is further discrediting itself by ignoring the claims of foul play. Instead of taking the necessary steps to stay on air and protect its employees, Press TV claims this is the end of free speech in Britain.

Iran's English TV Outlet Knocked Off British Screens And Fined

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 20.01.2012 | UK

Iranian news network Press TV has had its licence to broadcast in the United Kingdom revoked by communications watchdog Ofcom. The London-based cha...

Next-Gen Mobile Spectrum Auction Revised, As Data Use Set To Rise 500%

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK Tech

Ofcom has outlined revised proposals for its 4G mobile spectrum auction, which could raise more than £5bn and extend coverage to 98% of the UK. Wi...

Ofcom's Most Offensive Figure - Who Beat Clarkson?

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 15.02.2012 | UK Entertainment

We relish in being a nation of whingers, so it's always a good day when the annual Ofcom list of complaints is released - what's been the biggest culp...

The Wright Stuff Gets It Wrong

Ruth Dawkins | Posted 08.12.2011 | UK
Ruth Dawkins

I am sure that Matthew Wright and Charlie Baker are not monsters. I am sure they are both pretty decent people, who don't actually find it funny that a teenager has been murdered in the Western Isels. But that begs the question why they were idiotic enough to include the piece on their show.

TV Presenter: I'm Sorry For Belittling Teenager's Murder

PA | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK

Television presenter Matthew Wright has apologised for comments he made about the murder of a teenager on a remote Scottish island - the first in the ...

Matthew Wright Apologises For Joke About Teenager's Murder

PA | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK Entertainment

Television presenter Matthew Wright has apologised for comments he made about the murder of a teenager on a remote Scottish island - the first in the ...

X FACTOR: Could Ofcom Ban Tulisa's Signature Arm Gesture?

PA | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK Entertainment

Watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has breached broadcasting rules by promoting her brand of...

Broadband Speeds Fall By A Third During Peak Evening Times

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.01.2012 | UK Tech

Broadband speeds fall by more than a third during peak evening surfing times when most people are online. Download rates are choked by up to 35% be...