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In a decision on 23 August 2013, Ofcom (Office of Communications) considered whether Takbeer TV Limited (TTVL) was in breach of its obligations to act responsibly regarding the content of religious programmes and to ensure a particular religion or religious denomination was not subjected to religious abuse pursuant to the Broadcasting Code. Ofcom derives its statutory authority to regulate the standards of television and radio pursuant to the Communications Act 2003. One of Ofcom’s duties under section 3(2)(e) of the Communications Act 2003 is to ensure that programmes broadcast on television and...

On 27 August 2013, Ofcom found the long-running soap on UK TV, Hollyoaks, which is broadcast on Channel 4 each weekday evening, in breach of its Code. The cast contains characters who are mainly between 16 and 35 years old and the principal target audience is teenagers and young adults. There was a complaint from one viewer about one scene. It depicted one of the main characters being killed, having been being pushed into the path of a fast train. The concern was raised that this scene was unsuitable for viewing before the watershed, in particular because it would have been expected to have been...

In a decision of 21 August 2013 Ofcom (Office for Communication) has imposed a financial penalty on the broadcaster Al Ehya Digital Television Limited for breaches of the terms of its licence related to the broadcasting of material likely to incite crime or disorder, and also material lacking the requisite degree of responsibility when handling religious content. The infringement arouse from the programme entitled Paigham-e-Mustafa broadcast on 3 May 2012 at 11:00h on the channel Noor TV. Noor TV is a satellite channel that focuses on Islam and is broadcast in numerous languages and is available...

Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, rejected on 20 June 2013 a complaint of undue discrimination made by British Telecommunications (BT) about the refusal of British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) to carry an advertisement for BT’s new sports channels on Sky Sports. The Communications Act 2003, s.319, requires Ofcom to secure that there is no undue discrimination between advertisers, and this is implemented through its Code on the Prevention of Undue Discrimination between Broadcast Advertisers. BSB had refused to carry the advertisement because it does not itself retail the BT channels. It claimed...

On 18 June 2013, the UK Culture Secretary announced an agreement with the internet industry that the self-regulatory Internet Watch Foundation will actively seek out images of child abuse on the internet. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) was established in 1996 by the internet industry. It receives reports from internet users of sexually abusive images of children, and provides for the industry a ‘notice and takedown’ service, which alerts internet service providers and hosting companies of such content so that it can be removed. The Culture Secretary arranged a summit of major internet service...