Broadcast standards

A weekly report of complaints assessed under the Broadcasting Code.

The bulletin for complaints about BBC online material reports on the outcome of Ofcom’s consideration on complaints received about the BBC’s online material.

An Ofcom investigation today concluded that People’s Forum: The Prime Minister on GB News broke broadcasting due impartiality rules. Given this represents a serious and repeated breach of these rules, we are now starting the process for consideration of a statutory sanction against GB News.

New research underlines the significant value viewers and listeners place on due impartiality as Ofcom puts broadcasters on notice that they must maintain the highest editorial standards ahead of a General Election.

This report explores audiences’ understanding of news and current affairs content and their expectations of due impartiality when politicians are presenting.

TV access services are additional facilities supplied by broadcasters that are designed to allow hearing and visually impaired consumers to gain access to TV content. The three access services are subtitling, audio description and signing.

We have today told TalkTV to take extra care to ensure that comments which have high risk of causing serious offence are justified and put into proper context.

Ofcom has imposed a £1,200 financial penalty on Big City after our investigation found that it had failed to comply with the conditions of its licence