OFCOM

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  •  Ofcom is the UK's communications regulator.
  •   Ofcom regulates the TV, radio and video on demand sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.
  •  The Office of Communications (OFCOM).
  •   It was established in 2002.
  •  Ofcom is responsible for the management of the electromagnetic spectrum in the UK.
  •  Dame Patricia Hodgson (DBE) was appointed as chairman of Ofcom.
  • The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is UK's regulator of advertising.
  • The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) is the sister organisation of, and is administered by, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
  • Run by the government.
  • Ofcoms code covers: protection of under-eighteens, Harm and offence, crime, religion, sponsorship, elections, privacy.
Rules on the amount and distribution of advertising.
  • Examines specific complaints made by the public.
  • Public consultations on matters relating to TV broadcasting.
  • Committee for Advertising Practise (CAP)- contracted by OFCOM to maintain the codes of practise for television advertising.
  • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)- independent body which deals with complaints to the advertising industry.

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