Reference: 01008034 Jessal Visavadia Information Rights Advisor
[email protected] 2 October 2020 Freedom of Information: Right to know request Thank you for your request for information in relation to complaints received by Ofcom about UK sports channels. We received this request on 23 September 2020 and have considered it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”). You asked: I would like a list of all complaints received on the below services in 2019 and 2020, including information on date opened, programme, transmission date, category, number of complaints and outcomes: BT Sport 1/2/3 BT Sport Box Office BT Sport Extra Sky Sports 1/2/3/4/5 Sky Sports Action Sky Sports Arena Sky Sports Box Office Sky Sports Extra Sky Sports Cricket Sky Sports Football Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports Golf Sky Sports Main Event Sky Sports Mix Sky Sports News Sky Sports Premier League Sky Sports Racing I know there is a similar request from over a year ago that published data up to 28 February 2019. Page 1 of 3 To avoid any repeat publishing of information on your behalf, I am happy for my request to be to amended to complaints received in 2020 and from 1 March to 31 December in 2019. Our response By way of background, Ofcom publishes decisions about complaints we have received in the Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin, published every fortnight on our website. Issues of the Bulletin post-January 2020 are available via our Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin Hub, and earlier issues of the Bulletin are available on our website.