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Complaints and Sanctions

• Outline procedures for statutory sanctions in content and content-related cases
• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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
• 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]
• Legacy Guidance
  This guidance applied to programmes broadcast on or up to 24 July 2005

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