Broadcast Bulletin Issue Number 239 07/10/13
Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin Issue number 239 7 October 2013 1 Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, Issue 239 7 October 2013 Contents Introduction 4 Statement Ofcom’s decisions on the broadcast coverage related to the killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby on 22 May 2013 6 Standards cases In Breach Encrypted Material Broadcast Free To Air ExGirlfriends, 4 June 2013, 22:00 7 Caught on Camera CBS Reality, 22 Jun 13, 00:00 9 News IBC Tamil, 3 Dec 12, 15:00 and 8 Dec 12, 20:00 15 Sky Poker.com bonus promotion Sky Poker, 16 Apr 13, 22:45 21 Resolved Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Pick TV, 4 Jun 13, 21:00 30 Advertising Scheduling cases Resolved Advertising minutage ITV4, 7 July 2013, 21:00 32 Advertising minutage More4, 6 March 2013, 11:00 32 Broadcast Licence Condition cases Correction Note Shorts International Limited 34 2 Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, Issue 239 7 October 2013 Fairness and Privacy cases Upheld in Part Complaint by Bindmans LLP on behalf of Mr Rajasingham Jayadevan News Bulletin, IBC Tamil, 3 and 8 December 2012 35 Not Upheld Complaint by Mrs Jacqueline Graham-Kevan on behalf of Ms Bethany Graham-Kevan, her daughter Police Interceptors, Channel 5, 11 February 2013 46 Other Programmes Not in Breach 57 Complaints Assessed, Not Investigated 58 Investigations List 67 3 Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, Issue 239 7 October 2013 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.
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