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The Duke of Cambridge, the Queen and Prince Charles are reportedly threatening to boycott the broadcaster over the two-part series believed to contain incendiary claims about the brothers.

The Duke of Cambridge donned a royal blue suit with a white shirt and textured tie as he arrived at the BFI Southbank in the British capital to celebrate Africas leading wildlife protectors.

The BBC has been accused of key failures in its coverage of LGBT+ issues – particularly towards the trans community – in an open letter.

Paul Dacre is just who Ofcom needs to challenge BBC’s liberal left bias Ofcom is increasingly ruling on matters of taste – but since its formation it has consistently leaned left Former editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, pictured in 2012 Credit: Julian Simmonds Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom’s group director of content and media policy wrote this on its website in 2020: “We never censor content. Our powers to sanction broadcasters who breach our rules apply only after a programme has aired. I...

Check out Abbas Media Law’s Spring issue of ZOOM-IN Magazine, your essential round-up of this quarter’s media law and compliance news affecting broadcasters and indies. The Spring issue of ZOOM-IN from ABBAS Media Law is out now! Each quarter, ZOOM-IN brings you a round-up of interesting legal and regulatory decisions, as well as the media law and compliance news, affecting broadcasters and Indies. Catch up on the Duchess of Sussex’s successful application for summary judgment in her clai...

Republic Bharat fined £20,000 by UK regulator over hate speech The regulator says an episode of Puchta hai Bharat show, anchored by Arnab Goswami, aired on Republic Bharat on September 6, 2019, failed to comply with its broadcasting rules. “Programme contained statements which amounted to hate speech against, and was abusive and derogatory about, Pakistani people,” the order states Mumbai, December 23, 2020 The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the United Kingdoms Commu...

Besides the financial penalty, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) has directed the licensee to broadcast a statement of the findings on a date and in a form to be decided by Ofcom because, it said, though it had noted that an apology had been broadcast “279 times”, it found the wording of the apology “would not convey the nature of Ofcom’s concerns”. A detailed Ofcom statement said it had also directed that the programme not be repeated. The programme in violation of the Ofcom Broa...