Ant, Dec And Others, Hit By A Spot Of Bother

ITV has been fined a record breaking£5.68 million by TV watchdog Ofcom.

Why?
For taking the michael out us the general public that's why with the rip off premium rate phone lines.

TV shows Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Gameshow Marathon and Soapstar Superstar were all found to have "serious editorial issues". Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards added; "This was a thorough set of investigations which uncovered institutionalised failure within ITV that enabled the broadcaster to make money from misconduct on mass audience programmes."

Seems also Catherine Tate should have won an award that was given to the groaning twosome. This was noted on a separate report but shows the institutional issues which were ingrained within ITV only a short time ago.

Is it any better now?
We can only hope so! But time will tell won't it......

Reports in full.
Ant and Dec Saturday Takeaway: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/08_05_08lwt1.pdf
Ant and Dec Gameshow Marathon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/08_05_08lwt2.pdf
Soapstar Superstar: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/08_05_08granada1.pdf
ITV1 +ITV2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/08_05_08itv2.pdf