During 2023, Ofcom received 69,236 complaints about 9,638 issues. It completed 57 broadcast standards investigations; it found in 35 of these cases that its rules had been broken. During 2023, audience complaints about standards on TV continued to make the headlines with news coverage of the Israel Gaza conflict, the Coronation of King Charles and […]
ITV has announced lifestyle solutions company SharkNinja as the new show sponsor for the network’s live flagship weekday magazine show, This Morning, starting from September 1st. The all encompassing partnership spans every consumer touchpoint including broadcast, digital and app, social media and content, experiential, licensing and product placement. The deal was brokered by ITV’s Commercial […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall to ask her to attend Parliament to answer questions about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and complaint handling. The session will take place on June 14th at 10am. The letter is in response to […]
Vinted, the online marketplace for buying and selling second-hand clothes and lifestyle items, will be This Morning’s new pre-loved fashion partner. Vinted will sponsor a bespoke fashion segment, using 10″ idents interrupting editorial, as well as 10” promotional adverts shot on set, demonstrating to viewers how easy it is to buy and sell on the […]
Live Tech Games has unveiled a new free interactive competitive trivia game, WordSurge. This Morning hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary launched WordSurge live on air, inviting thousands of viewers at home to join the live mobile competition. The game further extends This Morning‘s interactive app offer into a live gaming environment, with the programme’s […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has found that commercial PSB ITV failed properly to implement and execute procedures that are fundamental to ensuring compliance with rules regarding the operation of its broadcast competitions and the relevant licence conditions. The broadcaster identified six broadcast competitions, which ran between 2016 and 2019, where a proportion of eligible postal […]