Tag: Ofcom

• Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 07:52 UTC

  Online overtakes television in an annual survey of the UK's news habits

  

  Research by the broadcast regulator Ofcom reveals 71% of the UK population said they used online services for news versus 70% for TV news bulletins. According to an article from BBC, over last year, online sources grew from 68% to 71%, while social media also saw a rise from 47% to 52%. For people aged between 16 and 24, the number saying they use social media for news was 82%.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  British regulators fined Chinese state CGTN €260,000 for breaching UK broadcast code

  

  British regulators on Monday fined Chinese state broadcast CGTN €260,000, a month after having revoked its license. Peter Humphrey complained to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom about the channel's airing of a criminal confession that he says he was forced to make.

• Saturday, February 13th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Chinese cable channel CGTN banned in Germany as a result of UK's Ofcom license sharing

  

  The Chinese cable channel CGTN no longer has permission to be broadcast in Germany, a press spokesperson for the state media authority of North Rhine-Westphalia confirmed on Friday.