BBC fined over phone-in scandal
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The BBC was fined 50,000 pounds on Monday for a phone-in scandal in which a young studio guest posed as a phony competition winner on one of Britain&#39;s best loved children&#39;s shows.
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Pretexting is for kids Bugging offices in the UK is not a criminal offence, according to surveillance and legal experts speaking to OUT-LAW radio. While recording a phone conversation is a criminal offence, someone could place a recording device in an office legally, they said.â¦
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A Greek privacy watchdog has fined mobile phone operator Vodafone Â£51m over its failure to guard its network against phone snoopers.
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British media watchdog Ofcom imposed an  unprecedented 50,000 pound fine on the BBC on Monday 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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Insurance firm Norwich Union is fined Â£1.26m for exposing some of its customers to identity fraud.
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"It is right that we are open with the public when we have fallen short and that we demonstrate that we take this very seriously indeed."  The British Broadcasting Corp. said Wednesday it was suspending all phone-in contests and interactive quizzes after an investigation exposed several rigged competitions.The BBC, which has been battered by revelations about bogus contests and doctored footage, said an internal inquiry found that 'a small number of production staff ... have passed themselves off as viewers and listeners.'BBC Director-General Mark Thompson said seven such cases had been found.'We must now swiftly put our house in order,' he said. Read more
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GMTV was fined a record two million pounds on Wednesday for failings in the way the breakfast broadcaster ran its phone-in quizzes between 2003 and 2007.
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The Financial Services Authority said Thursday it had fined the Bank of Ireland for breaching regulations intended to prevent money laundering.
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Federal regulators on Wednesday fined CBS a record $550,000 for Janet Jacksonâs âwardrobe malfunction,â which exposed the singerâs breast during this yearâs Super Bowl halftime show.
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Media & professional: The BBC has been cleared of 'systematic bias against business' but its coverage has been criticised for 'lapses'.
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Here's one we made up earlier Another bastion of British innocence and decency crumbled today as beloved BBC Children's TV programme Blue Peter was implicated in a phone-in competition scandal.â¦
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An internal No 10 e-mail is central to an injunction against the BBC, as the cash for honours probe continues.
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Media & professional: Channel 4 may still have to refund up to Â£2.35m to viewers affected by phone quiz scandal despite protesting to regulator.
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The company that ran phone competitions for GMTV is fined a record Â£250,000 after viewers lost an estimated Â£20m.
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LOS ANGELES  As expected, the Federal Communications Commission has fined CBS $550,000 for its airing of Janet Jackson&#39;s exposed right breast at the Super Bowl.
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TV shows found to be cheating viewers could face criminal proceedings, the phoneline watchdog warns.
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Some BBC executives are likely to be suspended while reviews are held into fake phone-ins.