The broadcasting regulator rules that quotas of Canadian material - usually 30-35% - must be carried by TV and radio stations.
He will claim that he referred it to the broadcasting regulator Ofcom when told by officials that it wasn't necessary to do so.
Conservative MP Rob Wilson has reported the programme to broadcasting regulator Ofcom, urging it to investigate whether ITV1 had breached its duty to give individuals a chance to respond before subjecting them to serious allegations on screen.
In the "regrettable event" that any major publisher refused to join such a scheme, he suggests that one option would be for Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, to act as a backstop regulator, though he does not recommend this.
The regulator can revoke a broadcasting license if an owner doesn't meet the loosely defined classification, which takes into account criminality, the propriety of directors and other behavior.
The regulator can revoke a broadcasting license if an owner doesn't meet a loosely defined classification, which takes into account criminality, the propriety of directors and other "relevant misconduct" that isn't necessarily criminal.
WSJ: Ofcom's Review of BSkyB License, News Corp.'s Stake, Will Be Lengthy
There is also a review being conducted by Ofcom, the media regulator, of whether British Sky Broadcasting is fit and proper to continue holding a broadcasting licence.
James Murdoch's hopes of keeping News Corporation's planned takeover of 100% of British Sky Broadcasting away from the scrutiny of the media regulator, Ofcom, look set to be dashed.
Telecom regulator Ofcom announced Wednesday that British Sky Broadcasting, the country's biggest satellite broadcaster and main broadcast partner for the English Premier League, must offer its main sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and 2, to other cable, Internet and terrestrial channels at cheaper wholesale prices.
It comes just weeks after communications regulator Ofcom said the future of English language TV broadcasting in Wales looked bleak.
Andy Duncan, its new chief executive, says the situation needs addressing now, not in five years' time as the media regulator, Ofcom, said in a review of public-service broadcasting in September.
Meanwhile Britain's TV regulator, Ofcom, is formally investigating whether the Murdochs are fit and proper people to hold a broadcasting licence, and unlike the MPs' Ofcom's verdict (which may not come for months) does have the force of law.
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