ITV News escapes rap after reporter calls black footballers ‘coloured’
Ofcom rules that the incident was offensive to viewers, but says that the programme took swift action to issue an apologyITV News has escaped an official reprimand from Ofcom over a reporter referring to footballers as "coloured" in a lunchtime bulleti...
The Football League Show to remain on BBC1
Corporation strikes three-year deal with Football League to keep the Saturday night highlights showThe BBC has struck a deal to save The Football League Show, which had faced the axe after "budget decisions" forced several Christmas editions to be drop...
TalkSport signs Premier League radio rights for outside Europe
Broadcaster to air commentary on 380 matches a year in English, Spanish and MandarinTalkSport has struck a groundbreaking deal to secure Premier League radio rights outside Europe and will broadcast live match commentary around the world in English, Sp...
Pub landlady Karen Murphy wins Premier League TV battle
High court quashes conviction for using cut-price Greek satellite decoder to bypass Sky's official satellite feedPub landlady Karen Murphy has won a legal battle at the high court in London to overturn her conviction for using a cut-price Greek satelli...
This Life and Party Animals producer bought by Ipswich Town owner
Marcus Evans Group acquires World Productions for an undisclosed sumWorld Productions, the independent producer responsible for dramas including This Life, Cardiac Arrest and Party Animals, has been bought by the billionaire owner of Ipswich Town footb...
Premier League ads warn pubs over using foreign set-top boxes
Sky-backed campaign warns football body will take legal action against publicans using unauthorised satellite feedsThe Premier League is to launch an ad campaign warning pubs and clubs that it intends to crack down on unauthorised broadcasts of footbal...
ITV to continue showing FA Cup and England home games in £90m deal
Two-year deal includes home qualifiers for Brazil World Cup, with broadcaster paying more than 30% less than its current rateITV has struck a £90m two-year deal to continue broadcasting the FA Cup and England home games, including home qualifiers for ...
London Olympics coverage could cut length of news bulletins, warns BBC
Corporation could miss annual peak-time news quota due to heavy commitment to the Games and Euro 2012The BBC has warned its London Olympics coverage could see it forced to cut back the length of some editions of BBC1's 6pm and 10pm news bulletins in th...
BBC’s Football League Show faces axe
Football League Show dropped from BBC1 schedule for holiday period, as programme's contract comes up for renewalThe BBC's Football League Show could face the axe after two Christmas editions were dropped as part of a "budget decision", fuelling specula...
Perform buys out remaining stakes in two online sports firms
Digital sports rights company best known for England v Ukraine online broadcast in 2009 strikes deals worth almost £10mDigital sports rights company Perform has bought out two online sports firms in deals worth almost £10m.Perform, which listed on th...
