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Broadcast Guidance
Complaints and Sanctions
- Outline procedures for statutory sanctions in content and content-related cases
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Guidelines for the handling of standards complaints and cases
(in programmes and sponsorship)
Outline of the procedures for handling standards complaints and cases. -
Outline procedures for handling fairness and privacy complaints
Published 16|05|06, effective from 1 June 2006
Equal Opportunities
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Equal opportunities: a toolkit for broadcasters
Guidance for broadcasters on promoting equal opportunities -
Broadcasters' Returns on Equal Opportunities 2006
Summary Report -
Broadcasters' Returns on Equal Opportunities 2005
Summary Report and Statistics - Guidance - Arrangements for the promotion of equal opportunities in the broadcasting industry
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Promoting Equal Opportunities and Diversity - a toolkit for the communications sector
Published 08|09|08
Advertising and Promotions
- ITC Rules on the Promotion of Programmes, Channels and Related Services on Commercial Television
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Review of the cross-promotion rules
Statement -
ITV airtime sales
Rights of advertisers and buyers when purchasing advertising time from ITV plc.
Programme-related guidance
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Guidance on compliance with Articles 4 and 5 of the Television without Frontiers Directive
[pdf]
Published 10|02|05 -
Ofcom Broadcast Code Guidance
This guidance came into effect on 25 July 2005 -
Ofcom Rules on Party Political and Referendum Broadcasts
Published and in force from 14|10|04. These rules replace 4.1 of the ITC Programme Code and 2.2 of the Radio Authority News and Current Affairs Code. -
Regional production and regional programme definitions
Guidance for public service broadcasters - Guidelines for broadcasters in drafting codes of practice for commissioning programmes from independent suppliers
- Guidance notes for statements of policy and self-assessment review
Other guidance
- Guidance Notes on ITC's Bundling Remedies
- Ofcom guidance for the public interest test for media mergers
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Television access services
Guidelines on the provision of subtitling, signing and audio description - Guidance to broadcasters on verification obligations for the use of premium rate services in programmes [pdf]
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Legacy Guidance
This guidance applied to programmes broadcast on or up to 24 July 2005
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