[ ALMOST a quarter of 5 to 7-year-olds now have a smartphone according to shock new findings by Ofcom. The watchdog warned that infant school kids are increasingly online and going unsupervised. 2 Young children spending more time on social mediaCredit: Getty 2 Many are going on social apps without supervisionCredit: Getty Social media usage … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said the 40% indie film tax relief will bring balance to a movie sector that has swung too far towards big-budget fare in recent years. The Conservatives unveiled the relief yesterday on films below £15M ($19M) budget, which was celebrated as a “game-changer” by figures ranging from … Read more
[ Streamer regulation in the UK will not come into place in full for two years, Ofcom said today. Delivering its roadmap for implementing the Media Bill, which includes the regulation of major U.S. streamers for the first time, the UK regulator said it will spend the next year hosting roundtable discussions on the subject … Read more
[ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s hour-long ‘grilling’ on GB News is the right-leaning network’s latest to be probed by Ofcom. People’s Forum: The Prime Minister attracted more than 500 complaints, the regulator said today, as Sunak answered questions from an audience on a range of topics before the show cut back to the studio and … Read more
[ Ofcom and the BBC Board are to be handed more powers to oversee complaints about BBC content including on its website and YouTube channel, as the government’s mid-term review into the corporation focuses intensely on the issue of complaints and impartiality. The BBC has agreed to undertake “major reforms to boost audience confidence in … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Ofcom has delayed publishing research on politicians presenting news shows until the UK media regulator has reached crucial rulings on GB News. Ofcom committed to publishing the audience study last year but the regulator has told Deadline that it will now hold back the findings until completing its work on GB News. A … Read more
[ Laurence Fox‘s highly misogynistic rant on Dan Wootton Tonight, which led to the actor and politician’s firing from GB News, was Ofcom‘s most-complained-about TV show of the year in 2023. The episode in September, in which Fox ranted about journalist Ava Evans – saying no “self-respecting man would climb into bed with her” – … Read more
[ GB News has been hit with its first Ofcom breach over the network’s Don’t Kill Cash campaign and more could be incoming. The regulator this morning said GB News had broken two parts of its code over the campaign lobbying politicians to stop Britain from moving away from being a cashless society. Ofcom swiftly … Read more
