LONDON — U.K. breakfast web GMTV is confronting a record fine of some $5.6 million over rigged phone quizzes on its shows. GMTV, owned by ITV and Disney in a 75/25 split, took an estimated $90 million ...
The U.K. scandal over rigged TV quizzes has claimed its first scalp. The managing director of breakfast TV station GMTV, 25% owned by Disney, will resign in an attempt to “restore trust” in the ...
LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - British media regulator Ofcom has fined morning TV programme GMTV 2 million pounds ($4.03 million) for letting viewers enter competitions they had no chance of winning, the ...
LONDON -- U.K. media regulator Ofcom has fined commercial broadcaster GMTV a record £2 million ($4 million) for what it calls "widespread and systematic deception" in premium-rate phone-in ...
LONDON (Reuters) - GMTV suspended its phone-in competitions on Monday after an investigation said that callers had been defrauded out of millions of pounds. The BBC's "Panorama" programme found ...
All the latest news on English TV presenter Ben Shephard, who as of March 2024 is the new host of ITV's This Morning, alongside Cat Deeley. He is best known for his work on Good Morning Britain (2014 ...