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 — 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 ...
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, July 25 (Reuters) - The managing director of British broadcaster GMTV is to quit following a string of phone-in competition scandals that have tarnished the reputations of leading businesses ...
GMTV has set aside £35 million to refund viewers who called its premium-rate lines with no chance of winning competitions. Executives have apparently identified 25 million people who may have phoned ...