The U.K. scandal over rigged TV quizzes has claimed its first scalp. The managing director of breakfast TV station GMTV, 25% owned by Disney, will resign in an attempt to “restore trust” in the ...
LONDON -- The U.K. call TV scandal claimed its first scalp Wednesday after the head of breakfast broadcaster GMTV -- 25% owned by the Walt Disney Co. -- said he will resign over the issue. By Mimi ...
GMTV, the ITV breakfast station in which Disney owns a 25% stake, has been fined £2 million ($4 million) by U.K. media regulator Ofcom for “widespread and systematic deception” in phone-in quizzes.
LONDON (Reuters) - GMTV suspended its phone-in competitions on Monday after an investigation said that callers had been defrauded out of millions of pounds. The BBC's "Panorama" programme found ...
Fiona Phillips has insisted that she has no regrets over her decision to quit GMTV. The presenter stepped down from the morning show after 12 years in December after realising that she wanted to spend ...