Tag: Ofcom

British media regulator Ofcom has established new quotas for U.K.-originated shows on BBC channels, including in the areas of arts, music, comedy and kids' content.

Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report points to the U.K. as having become a binge-viewing nation, with eight in ten adults watching multiple episodes of their favorite shows in a single sitting.

Karen Bradley, the U.K.'s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has told Parliament that more time is needed to review 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of Sky.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has extended the deadline for submission of Ofcom's public interest report into the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox until June 20.

LONDON: Ofcom has issued a set of proposals for regulating the performance of the BBC, including new quotas for U.K.-originated programs.

LONDON: Among U.K. viewers who watched paid-for on-demand content in 2016, Netflix was by far the most popular service, according to the latest Ofcom report.

LONDON: A new Ofcom study finds that the U.K.'s public service broadcasters (PSBs) spent £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) on new homegrown programs in 2015, a 2-percent increase since 2013.