GMTV have taken to steps to regain public confidence in their company and competitions by announcing a series of measures to compensate entrants to their competitions (full statement). The company suspended their phone in and online competitions in April 2007 following revelations that thousands of people who entered their phone competitions had no chance of [More Details]
Following the revelations about the You Say, We Pay competition that featured on Channel 4’s Richard and Judy program, ICTSTIS, the regulatory body for premium rate telecommunications, has imposed a £150,000 fine on Eckoh Ltd, the provider of the service. The ajudication arose after it was discovered that viewers were encouraged to enter the You [More Details]
Channel 5 have been fined an astonishing £300,000 for faking winners on the popular daily competition Brainteaser. Following the issues regarding Richard & Judy’s TV competitions, “Channel 5 informed Ofcom of five viewer competitions between January and March 2007 where ‘winners’ announced on the programme were either fictitious names or members of the production staff. [More Details]
In September 2007, the Gambling Act 2005 which comprehensively updates existing gambling laws that are several decades old will be implemented. According to the Department for Culture Media and Sport the act has three main aims (1) Keeping gambling crime free (2) Making sure that gambling is fair and open and (3) Protecting children and [More Details]
ICSTIS, the premium rate services regulator, has today issued tough new rules to boost consumer trust and confidence in Quiz TV services. The new measures, which will come into force in four weeks’ time, will give viewers a better understanding of their chances of getting through to programmes, as well as giving them clearer information [More Details]
Ofcom have announced that they are to investigate “the use of premium rate telecoms services (PRS) in television programmes”. According to their press release “Premium rate calls cost up to £1.50 per minute from the BT network and typical services include TV vote lines, competitions, and interactive TV games”. The inquiry has been launched following [More Details]
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