Ofcom
Ofcom is the independent regulator for the communications industries in the United Kingdom, regulating broadcasting (TV, radio, and on-demand), telecommunications (phones, broadband, and postal services), radio spectrum, and, under the Online Safety Act, online services.www.ofcom.org.uk
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Sep 12, 2026
FinnHOST
And indeed, I am tremendously careful because That's part of upholding the ethical code of being a teacher.
FinnHOST
And indeed in broadcasting as well, Ofcom would have a field day if candidates started broadcasting on FM and on AM and on terrestrial television around political things if they were a political candidate.
FinnHOST
So you do have to be really careful.
FinnHOST
And actually being a candidate in this election, that is probably a show I might actually end up doing.
Matt DeeganHOST
Also on the show, as advertisers pile back into audio, Bauer Media Advertising's MD Simon Kilby joins the Club to tell us where the money's going and why.
Matt DeeganHOST
All that, plus the independent production sector's cash reserves, are they dangerously thin? Ofcom throws broadcasters an olive branch on ad rules, and in the ever-changing audio network media quiz, this week's format is a Bobby Dazzler.
Matt DeeganHOST
That's all happening in this edition of The Media Club, now available in video through Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and in your ears there and elsewhere.
Matt DeeganHOST
Come on in.
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Simon KilbyGUEST
It's about less money in the market because Meta and TikTok and YouTube are taking it.
Simon KilbyGUEST
So actually, you know, we're having to work harder, diversify our content and find new commercial opportunities.
Matt DeeganHOST
Well, finally, before the break, Ofcom has set out a package of measures this week aimed at giving public service broadcasters more room to manoeuvre.
Matt DeeganHOST
Rebecca, what's on the table with this Ofcom consultation?
G4NJHHOST
To apply, first read the full role profile by going to rsgb.org forward slash volunteers and then email the current RSGB Youth Championship for the Scout Samuel McCutcheon M0UEL via youthchampion.scouts at rsgb.org.uk Deadline for applications is Wednesday 14th October.
G4NJHHOST
As we get close to WRC 27, which is the 2027 ITU World Radio Conference, Ofcom has released a consultation for the provisional UK views and positions on the current and proposed agenda items.
G4NJHHOST
This WRC is notable for a large number of space-related topics, as well as more common items such as spectrum for 6G mobile broadband.
G4NJHHOST
This year there are also a record number of proposals for the next conference agenda in 2031.
G4NJHHOST
The RSGB has a special focus section on its website which highlights the topics which are of concern to amateur radio and where the RSGB Spectrum team and its IARU colleagues have been preparing for some time.
G4NJHHOST
You will find some information at rsgb.org forward slash wrc hyphen two seven.
G4NJHHOST
including a link at the bottom of the page of the Ofcom consultation.
G4NJHHOST
Consultation closes on the 24th of November.
Afshin RattansiHOST
Well, I don't think we can make this show in Britain because, I don't know, we might say the word genocide when it came to Gaza.
Afshin RattansiHOST
The British censorship agency, Ofcom, wouldn't allow it.
Afshin RattansiHOST
But having said, enough British bashing, Tucker Carlson.
Afshin RattansiHOST
We used to run your country, as you know.
Christopher HopeHOST
candidate.
Christopher HopeHOST
We can't discuss the by-election because of all the Ofcom rules, but your point is, don't worry about the left in this country.
Christopher HopeHOST
You
Richard DearloveGUEST
can't.
AndrewHOST
Now, there have been a number of investigations by regulatory agencies into OnlyFans.
AndrewHOST
So the Ofcom is the British regulator for communications in What's Not.
AndrewHOST
They opened an investigation in May 2024 to investigate claims that the age assurance measures on the platform to keep young people from explicit content weren't sufficient.
AndrewHOST
But by February 2025, Ofcom closed that investigation and just said that they were going to make no findings on it.
AndrewHOST
Less than a year and saying nothing about it.
AndrewHOST
That's fucking shady as shit.
AndrewHOST
But then in April 2025, the company was still ordered to pay just over a million pounds to Ofcom for providing false information about that.
AndrewHOST
That process.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
Other times it's to do with a host who said something.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
But I was struck because I know for a fact that Ofcom themselves have had some, I think, pretty iffy trainers come in and speak to their staff.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
So about the law around this stuff and also about not just the law, but the more nebulous ideas around inclusion and being kind.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
So what I'm wondering is, I mean, I think it was probably a while ago.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
The people I'm thinking about, you know, that was a while ago.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
But I'm wondering if any of the people who received this, in quotes, training at Ofcom are still working at Ofcom.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
And I wonder if they're part of the team that gets to decide whether GB News has broken any rules.
Tanya de GrunwaldGUEST
Now, those decisions are totally beyond my pay grade, not my thing at all.
Ricky McAulayGUEST
Still trying to do letters six days a week to every address.
Ricky McAulayGUEST
So thankfully Ofcom, the regulators changed that And there's two important aspects to it.
Ricky McAulayGUEST
There's a commercial bit that says we need to get back into profitability because any business does.
Ricky McAulayGUEST
But most importantly, for it to be sustainable, we've got to fix service for our customers.
John StillHOST
completely, yeah.
Maxine FoxGUEST
I mean, in the UK as well, we obviously don't know yet what the technicalities of what the age verification will look like, because Ofcom, I think, are releasing that later on in the year.
Maxine FoxGUEST
So it'll be interesting to see, actually, because it may well be different to Australia in terms of what that verification process will be.
Maxine FoxGUEST
And that will obviously have an impact in terms of how easy or difficult it is to get around it.
Laura KnightHOST
I think it's really worth thinking this through and getting it right rather than trying to fix it later in that first moment, that first phone, that first tablet, that first console, because whatever you put in place at that point tends to then become the default that everything after is measured against.
Laura KnightHOST
Now, I'm specifically talking to parents of younger children because recent data from Ofcom shows in the UK, for example, that roughly a quarter of eight-year-olds have their own smartphone now, a quarter.
Laura KnightHOST
So while the phone-free folks are working hard, the numbers are not shifting downwards in terms of children who have access to their own smartphone, that highly personalized experience.
Laura KnightHOST
[sighs] And this, this is big.
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