BBC fined for faking TV contest winner
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A children's television show on the British Broadcasting Corp. faked the results of a contest, drawing a $100,000 fine Monday from a regulatory agency.
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Data laws blamed for communication failure after education prizes worth Â£12m go unclaimed
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British media watchdog Ofcom has imposed  an unprecedented 50,000 pound fine on the BBC over a phone-in  scam on &quot;Blue Peter,&quot; one of the public-service broadcasters  most popular children&#39;s shows.
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Ofcom finds 'widespread and systematic deception' in premium-rate call competitions.
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Channel 4 pulls phone-in competitions from its horse racing coverage after discovering an earlier error.
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The BBC apologises for faking the results of a competition on children's programme Blue Peter.
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X Factor viewers were overcharged by Â£200,000 because of an interactive vote blunder, ITV admits.
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Media & professional: Independent production company tells BBC it was 'guilty of a serious error of judgment'.
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The BBC has voiced regret over a spoof pop video making light of the conflicts in the Middle East, which was made as a joke by London news staff but leaked to a newspaper.
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Controversial Dutch show in which contestants compete for a kidney is revealed to be a hoax.
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Inform, educate and rip off The BBC has suspended all phone-in competitions across its television, radio, internet and interactive services following a damning internal inquiry into editorial failures.â¦
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The BBC admitted Friday it was tricked into reporting that a US company accepted responsibility for the world&#39;s worst industrial accident.
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The BBC, Britain&#39;s public service broadcaster, acknowledged on Friday that it had been tricked into broadcasting an interview with a man pretending to be a spokesman
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Wednesday suspended all phone-in and interactive competitions after admitting faking a string of them.
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The first winner of US reality TV series Survivor is charged with tax evasion for failing to declare his Â£1m prize.
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The BBC has many red-faces. The details of how the corporation was duped into reporting that victims of the Bhopal Gas disaster were to receive $12 billion compensation from Dow have finally emerged.
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The BBC's governing Trust defers a decision on funding the international part of the BBC website with adverts.