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Broadcasting Standards Commission
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Broadcasting Standards Commission

UK body created in 1997 to take over and combine the roles of the former Broadcasting Standards Council and Broadcasting Complaints Commission. It monitors the portrayal of violence, sex, and other morally sensitive areas on television and radio, endeavours to ensure fair representation of situations and individuals, and deals with complaints of invasion of privacy or unjust treatment.
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But Ofcom said they only investigate complaints based on voting irregularities or the treatment of TV contestants, not the outcome of programmes.
Ofcom won't investigate X Factor by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
But research by Ofcom found in practice they received an average speed of 3.
Broadband speeds are 'never the top rate' by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
More than half of broadband users are on packages that offer speeds of up to 8 megabits per second, but research by Ofcom found in practice they received an average speed of 3.
Broadband speed trap by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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