Bad taste: Complaints against Seven Sharp soar
A stream of good taste and decency complaints has increased since the new hosts started.
A stream of good taste and decency complaints has increased since the new hosts started.
New research shows what language Kiwis think is unacceptable on TV and radio.
Broadcasting Standards Authority says Naked Attraction should have had stronger warnings.
BSA finds The AM Show was unfair and inaccurate in mentioning ex-MP David Garrett's past.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled that two complaints were not offensive
Mediaworks has been fined by the BSA over a breach of privacy in an interview on The Rock.
"Hope everyone remembers to put a top on before going out to vote," Plunket wrote.
The BSA ruling found the ad promoted the political opinions, rather than fact.
Mediaworks has paid a Hastings woman "a confidential sum" of damages for a broadcast it aired about her five years ago.
Station ordered to pay up after broadcasting woman who thought she was off air.
The Edge radio station breached the privacy of a 15-year-old girl after an on-air mishap, the Broadcasting Standards' Authority has found.
A complaint about the reading of a novel written by a beloved Kiwi children's author has been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
Father complained current affair show identified his son in story about accidental death of 18-month-old boy.
Kiwis needed to be aware, she said, of attempts to belittle and deride those who dare speak out against official wisdom.
Sean Plunket's comments describing Eleanor Catton as an "ungrateful hua" and a "traitor" were not in breach of broadcasting standards.
A person who appeared half-naked on a police reality television show has been awarded $1000 compensation for breach of privacy.
A senior TVNZ staff member has apologised to Louise Nicholas after the broadcaster inadvertently aired an ad for condoms during a telemovie about her life.
The broadcasters of Campbell Live have been ordered to pay a woman who carried out experiments on beagles.
A song that salutes big-bottomed women was aired too early in the day for the Broadcasting Standards Authority's liking and a radio station has been chided.
Footage of a man being shot at point-blank range during the Kenyan mall massacre was broadcast by TV3 with insufficient warning to viewers, the TV watchdog has found.
Our chief censor talks to Sharon Stephenson about why Kiwis are more comfortable with sex scenes than their Australian counterparts and his unusual pursuits away from the office.
A complaint against broadcaster Michael Laws over his comments about the treatment of dementia patients has not been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
A radio host who used his show to bad-mouth a bar after being refused service, has been told he abused his position.
Talkback host Willie Jackson has been cleared of inciting violence against Ports of Auckland workers, the Broadcasting Standards Authority said today.