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The ASA has made its first ever ruling against a video-on demand ad in relation to a trailer for Carriers, a 15-rated zombie film, which was featured on the ITV…

The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations are due to come into force on 19 December, bringing regulation of video-on-demand and internet-based broadcasting into line with regulation of traditional broadcasting. Jenny Reid…

Spurred by the looming deadline for implementing the EU Audio Visual Media Services Directive, Ofcom is consulting on video-on-demand regulation. One proposal relates to how advertising in and around “VOD”…

Broadcasters faking competition winners; mismanagement of premium rate services….. But what are the regulators doing to protect us viewers? Tune in to Carla Basso’s report on Ofcom’s proposed amendments to…

After many months of deliberation, the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) has finally announced that the code concerning the sound level of TV advertisements is to change. James Baker…

Finally the long awaited and much debated replacement for the EU “TV Without Frontiers” Directive has been signed off. For the many of us who had tuned out long ago,…

A recent ECJ judgment dealt with an Austrian case in which local TV regulators argued that encouraging viewers to call in to a show using premium rate lines amounted to…

Both broadcasters received significant fines and a rap on the knuckles for the way in which competitions on their channels were conducted. Veena Srinivasan reports.   Who: Channel 5,  BBC and…

Euro jargon watchers rejoiced when the European Commission held a “trilogue” with the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers and took another step closer to updating EU audio visual…