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TV Show COUNTDOWN Planned Premium Rate Competitions

Bosses of the popular TV show on Channel 4 planned to introduce viewer competitions via the use of expensive premium rate telephone services in a bid to boost falling revenue, a report is claimed.

According to The Daily Mirror, the idea was ditched only after the shows co-host Carol Vorderman warned that such [...]

ITV Looking To Set Up Premium Rate Telephone Services Department

ITV has set up a department to manage premium-rate telephone services in a bid to guarantee its programme are in regulatory compliance and to restore confidence in the sector.

The internal division, called Interactive Telephony (ITL), has been set up in response to last year’s voting scandals, which led to the collapse [...]

Premium Rate Telecoms Regulator Tightens Rules On Rogue Providers

Phonepayplus (PPP) – the premium-rate phone regulator will ban the use of the word ‘free’ in promotions for premium-rate services and will put an immediate stop to entire services that do not respond to users’ request that they stop sending messages.

But a group representing the industry has raised questions about whether [...]

Regulator Published Annual Report Aiming To Restore Public Trust

PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid services regulator (formerly ICSTIS), today published their annual report into the UK premium rate telephone industry. The main focus of the report has been to look at the large number and high profile cases of where the public have been over-charged.

George Kidd – Chief Executive of Phonepayplus said ” [...]