Russia Today found guilty of bias and warned of sanctions by Ofcom November 10, 2014 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has judged TV station Russia Today to be guilty of biased reporting, and has warned it will face tough sanctions following any future failures to provide impartiality. Russia Today, which is funded by the Russian federal government, failed to provide balanced reporting on the on the Ukraine crisis in March, according [...]
BT scores key win in battle for Sky Sports November 5, 2014 Britain’s largest pay TV broadcaster BSkyB was left bruised yesterday after a UK court ruled that it must make its flagship sports channels available to its biggest rival, a measure it had resisted for four years. The interim ruling is the latest episode in a four-year legal saga stretching back to an era when Sky [...]
Goal for BT as BSkyB loses sports channel legal battle November 5, 2014 BSkyB will be forced to offer its sports channels to BT's YouView customers after it lost a legal battle with its new rival. The UK Competition Appeals Tribunal ruled today that rules which determine what price Sky must offer its channels at should also cover internet television services. Until now, the broadcaster has resisted providing [...]
Argos to launch online workshops October 12, 2014 ARGOS has pledged to help some of the 9.5m Britons who still lack basic online skills by offering training courses at over 120 of its UK stores. In a statement released today, Argos said around 10,000 people will be able to sign up to workshops across the UK designed to teach the basic skills such [...]
EE’s Olaf Swantee: In Britain’s super-competitive mobile space growth can be the hardest game October 12, 2014 As chief executive he’s overseen two re-brandings, launched 4G in the UK and now plans to take on rivals in the living room with EE TV – but Olaf Swantee’s greatest challenges may still lie ahead Jogging through Richmond Park most mornings couldn’t be further from Olaf Swantee’s day job. The boss of Britain’s [...]
Ex-Ofcom boss Dame Colette Bowe hired to keep tabs on bankers October 9, 2014 Dame Colette Bowe was appointed yesterday to head the new Banking Standards Review Council (BSRC), a body which aims to promote and maintain good behaviour in finance. The council was set up by former CBI chief Sir Richard Lambert, at the behest of the big banks, as an independent body to monitor behaviour in [...]
Mobile operator Three hit with £250,000 fine over complaints October 8, 2014 BRITAIN’S fourth largest mobile network, Three, has been hit with a £250,000 fine by the telecoms watchdog for failing to handle customer complaints correctly. Ofcom said Three had not handled complaints in a fair and timely manner, and left customers unaware they were able to raise their cases with an independent service. “The fine imposed [...]
Mobile network Three fined £250k by Ofcom for failing to handle customer complaints correctly October 8, 2014 Mobile network Three has been hit with a £250,000 fine by the telecoms watchdog for failing to handle customer complaints correctly. Ofcom ruled that Three had not handled complaints in a fair and timely manner, and left customers unaware they were also able to raise their complaints with an independent service. The regulator found Three [...]
Ofcom chief Ed Richards will leave this year October 2, 2014 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom announced yesterday that its long-serving chief executive Ed Richards will step down at the end of this year. Richards, who previously moved to leave Ofcom in 2012 when he applied to become director-general of the BBC but was passed over for George Entwistle, said he would not consider his next move until [...]
Regulator slaps £10,000 fine on Ageas for phantom phone calls October 1, 2014 OFCOM has handed a £10,000 fine to Ageas Retail for making abandoned calls to its UK customers. The watchdog found that the insurer made 148 of these calls, where consumers answer the phone to find there is no one on the line, on three separate days within a seven-week period. A spokeswoman for Ageas said the [...]