BBC fined over &quot;Blue Peter&quot; phone-in scam
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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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The BBC suspended all phone-in  competitions from Thursday after the public broadcaster  unearthed a string of fake winners in high-profile shows and  promised to put its house in order.
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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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A review is ordered into premium rate phone lines used by the BBC after errors are revealed.
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The company behind the Richard and Judy TV quiz phone-in scandal is fined Â£150,000.
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Viacom, CBSâs parent company was assessed $550,000 in fines for the âwardrobe malfunctionâ that occurred during the Super Bowl 2004 halftime show in February.
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A British Broadcasting Corp. investigation uncovered four new instances of audience deception, including one in which a children's TV show faked the results of an online poll to name its cat, the BBC said Thursday.
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Passengers cheated in price-fixing scam will receive Â£100m compensation after airlines agree settlement
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InfoWorld - The U.K.&#39;s financial services regulator has levied a heavy fine against the nation&#39;s largest building society over a stolen laptop containing confidential customer information.
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Breakfast broadcaster GMTV is fined a record Â£2m by media regulator Ofcom for failings with its phone-in quizzes.
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The US government&#39;s media watchdog on Wednesday slapped CBS television with a $5,50,000 fine for broadcasting pop star Janet Jackson&#39;s breast to millions of people during the Super Bowl American football championship.
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Channel 4 pulls phone-in competitions from its horse racing coverage after discovering an earlier error.
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As expected, America&#39;s communications regulator - the FCC - has hit Viacom&#39;s CBS network with a $550,000 fine over Janet Jackson&#39;s infamous &quot;wardrobe malfunction&quot; during the Super Bowl half-time show.
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The BBC&#39;s international TV news channel has apologised after being duped into airing an interview with a fake Dow Chemical spokesman who said the firm would pay billions
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X Factor viewers were overcharged by Â£200,000 because of an interactive vote error, ITV admits.
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The BBC&#39;s worldwide reputation for accuracy took a blow yesterday after it broadcast an interview with a hoaxer who claimed to offer a $12bn settlement to the 120,000 surviving victims of the Bhopal disaster.
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London-based media giant British Sky Broadcasting Group has filed a legal claim against Electronic Data Services over a problematic CRM system designed to support the media company's customer support call centers.