Broadcast Bulletin Issue Number 290 12/10/15
Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin Issue number 290 12 October 2015 1 Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, Issue 290 12 October 2015 Contents Introduction 3 Standards cases In Breach Comedy Central Trailers Various times pre-watershed, from December 2014 to May 2015 5 Norkin’s List NTV Mir Lithuania, 15 February 2015, 19:20 31 News Bangla TV, 11 June 2015, 09:30 42 Sponsorship credit Live College World Series, BT Sport/ESPN (HD), 6 June 2015, 00:26 44 Resolved Ian King Live Sky News, 30 July 2015, 18:30 47 Broadcast Licence Conditions cases In Breach Provision of licensed service Voice of Africa Radio (Newham), 14 July 2015 to present 49 Provision of information: community radio station finance reports Various community radio licensees, year ending 31 December 2014 51 Investigations Not in Breach 53 Complaints Assessed, Not Investigated 54 Complaints Outside of Remit 61 Investigations List 62 2 Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, Issue 290 12 October 2015 Introduction Under the Communications Act 2003 (“the Act”), Ofcom has a duty to set standards for broadcast content as appear to it best calculated to secure the standards objectives1. Ofcom must include these standards in a code or codes. These are listed below. Ofcom also has a duty to secure that every provider of a notifiable On Demand Programme Services (“ODPS”) complies with certain standards requirements as set out in the Act2. The Broadcast Bulletin reports on the outcome of investigations into alleged breaches of those Ofcom codes below, as well as licence conditions with which broadcasters regulated by Ofcom are required to comply. We also report on the outcome of ODPS sanctions referrals made by ATVOD and the ASA on the basis of their rules and guidance for ODPS.
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