Broadcasting: Codes of Practice
(asked on 15th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (a) which broadcasters have been sanctioned by Ofcom under the broadcast code in the last 10 years and (b) how many times each of these broadcasters was sanctioned.
The consideration of a sanction follows a decision by Ofcom that a broadcaster has breached a relevant requirement. There are a variety of sanctions available to Ofcom which include, for example, issuing a direction to a broadcaster or imposing a financial penalty. A case will normally be considered for the imposition of a sanction when Ofcom considers that a broadcaster has seriously, deliberately, repeatedly, or recklessly breached a relevant requirement.
Ofcom regularly publishes any broadcasting sanctions and regulatory decisions on its website. Since 1 January 2007 Ofcom has imposed 84 sanctions against 57 broadcasters as follows:
Licensee | Number of sanctions |
30 of GCap Media plc’s ‘One Network’ radio stations | 1 |
Al Ehya Digital Television Limited | 2 |
Al Mustakillah Television Limited | 1 |
ARY Digital UK Limited | 1 |
Asia TV Limited | 1 |
Bang Channels Limited and Bang Media (London) Limited | 1 |
BBA Media Ltd | 1 |
Biditis Limited | 1 |
Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd | 1 |
Channel Four Television Corporation | 3 |
Channel S World Limited | 1 |
Channel Television Ltd | 4 |
Club TV Limited | 1 |
Connection Makers Ltd | 1 |
CSC Media Group Limited | 1 |
Dama (Liverpool) Limited | 1 |
Discovery Communications Europe Limited | 1 |
DM Digital Television Limited | 4 |
DM Global Media Limited | 1 |
E Entertainment UK Limited | 1 |
ESPN (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Limited | 1 |
Gamecast UK Limited | 1 |
GMTV Ltd | 1 |
Granada Television Limited | 1 |
International Television Channel Europe Limited | 1 |
Islam Channel Limited | 1 |
ITV Broadcasting Limited | 1 |
ITV2 Limited | 1 |
Just4Us TV Limited and Playboy TV UK/ Benelux Limited | 1 |
Lakeland Radio Limited | 1 |
Leith Community Mediaworks Ltd | 1 |
Life Show-Case Ltd | 1 |
Life TV Media Ltd | 1 |
LWT (Holdings) Limited | 2 |
Majestic TV Limited | 1 |
Mohiuddin Digital Television Limited | 1 |
More FM Ltd (formerly One Gold Radio Ltd) | 1 |
MTV Networks Europe | 1 |
Neath Port Talbot Broadcasting CIC | 1 |
Playboy TV UK/Benelux Limited | 1 |
Portland Enterprises (C.I.) Limited | 1 |
Press TV Limited | 1 |
Radio Asian Fever Community Interest Company | 1 |
Regis 1 Limited | 1 |
RHF Productions & Portland Enterprises | 1 |
Satellite Entertainment Limited | 4 |
Springdoo Media and User Generated Broadcasting | 1 |
Square 1 Management Limited | 2 |
St Albans and Watford Broadcasting Limited | 1 |
Sunrise TV Ltd | 1 |
Takbeer TV Limited | 1 |
TalkSPORT Limited | 1 |
Teletext Limited | 1 |
The British Broadcasting Corporation (“the BBC”) | 13 |
The Light Academy Limited | 1 |
Venus TV Ltd | 1 |
Voice of Africa Radio Limited | 2 |