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Ofcom

The Office of Communications (Ofcom) is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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Headquarters
London, England
Location
London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester, Warrington
Abbreviation
Ofcom
Chairman
Ian Cheshire
Chief Executive
Melanie Dawes
Formation
29 December 2003; 22 years ago (29 December 2003)

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Leadership

Ofcom committees

UK hate speech regulation

Controversies

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Ofcom

Nodes115
Edges114
Triples274
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
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Ofcom

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related to Historical · 22
Ofcom → Barnes, Baron Carter, Baron Currie, Broadcasting, Cass Business School, City University, Colette Bowe, Communications, David Currie, Dean, December, JWT UK, March, Marylebone, Minister, NTL, Ofcom's Consumer Panel, She, Stephen Carter, Technology
related to News International phone hacking scandal · 22
Ofcom → British Sky Broadcasting, BSkyB, BSkyB's, Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister Nick, Don Foster MP, Ed Richards, Government, In, In July, July, News Corporation, News Corporation's, News International, Ofcom's, On, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Richards, Simon Hughes MP, Tim Farron MP
related to Abu Dhabi TV · 21
Ofcom → Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Media, Abu Dhabi Media Company, Abu Dhabi TV, According, ADMC, Al-Jaidah, Committee, Dr, June, Mahmoud Al-Jaida, Mahmoud Al-Jaidah, Ofcom Broadcasting Code, Ofcom's, Qatar, Qatari, State, The, The National Human Rights, UAE
related to Sitefinder database and freedom of information · 21
Ofcom → December, European Court, Freedom, High Court, However, In April, In September, Information Act, Information Commissioner's Office, Information Rights Tribunal, Information Tribunal, Justice, October, Ofcom's, On, September, Supreme Court, T-Mobile, The Sitefinder, This
related to Ofcom committees · 20
Ofcom → ACOD, Advisory Committee, Audit CommitteeNominations CommitteeRemuneration CommitteeElection, Broadcast Licensing Committee, CCP, Committee, CommitteeNon-Executive Remuneration CommitteeNations CommitteeAdvisory, Communications Consumer Panel, Disabled People, EnglandAdvisory Committee, Executive, Northern IrelandAdvisory Committee, Ofcom Board, Older, OSAB, Risk, ScotlandAdvisory Committee, Spectrum Advisory Board, These, WalesCommunity Radio Fund PanelOfcom
related to CGTN · 18
Ofcom → British, CCTV, CGTN, CGTNC, Cheng, China Central Television, China Global Television Network, Chinese, Chinese Communist Party, Corporation, Hong Kong, In, In November, It, Peter Humphrey, Simon Cheng, Star China Media Ltd, UK
related to Television and radio · 15
Ofcom → Based, BBFC, BBFC R18, British, Broadcasters, Broadcasting Code, Dutch, In, Netherlands, Ofcom's, PIN-protected, Premium-rate, The, The Broadcasting Code, UK
related to List of chief executive officers of Ofcom · 13
Ofcom → Acting, Chairman, December, Ed Richards1 January, Jonathan Oxley, July, March, Melanie Dawes, November, October, Sharon White27 November, Stephen Carter1 August, Steve Unger
related to Deryn Consulting controversy · 11
Ofcom → Deryn, Deryn Consulting, Huw Roberts, In, It, National Assembly, Nerys Evans, Ofcom's, The, Wales, Welsh Government
related to BBC's Gaza documentary · 10
Ofcom → BBC, Gaza, Hamas, How, In, Ofcom's, Survive, UK, Warzone, While

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uk broadcasting radio communications ofcom's broadcast services july television spectrum news act postal information executive said also authority chief telecommunications

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OfcomAbbreviationOfcom1.00infobox
OfcomChairmanIan Cheshire1.00infobox
OfcomChief ExecutiveMelanie Dawes1.00infobox
OfcomFormation29 December 2003; 22 years ago (29 December 2003)1.00infobox
OfcomHeadquartersLondon, England1.00infobox
OfcomLegal statusCreated by Office of Communications Act 20021.00infobox
OfcomLocationLondon, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester, Warrington1.00infobox
OfcomMain organBoard of Directors1.00infobox
OfcomOfficial languageEnglish, Welsh1.00infobox
OfcomPurposeRegulator and competition authority for broadcasting, internet, postal services, telecommunications and radiocommunications spectrum1.00infobox
OfcomRegion servedUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
OfcomStaff1,557 (full-time equivalents) (2025)1.00infobox
OfcomTypeStatutory corporation1.00infobox
OfcomWebsitewww.ofcom.org.uk1.00infobox

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