Many of Britain’s top TV programmes could feature product placement within months. The move allowing programme-makers to take payment to promote products within their show – a British television first – is set to be given final approval by media regulator Ofcom this week and come into force from February. Many industry experts suggest there […]

Ofcom has set out a range of ways in which the current system of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) might be changed to help deliver local TV services. A report has been prepared for the Culture and Media Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who asked Ofcom to produce the report in his speech at the RTS International Conference […]

The European Commission has imposed fines on five South Korean and Taiwanese companies for fixing the prices of liquid-crystal display panels in popular devices like flat-screen televisions, computers and notebook devices. The fines, totaling €649 million were related to violations dating to 2001, when the companies started meeting to fix prices of LCD screens. Although […]