Report
1. On 25 January 2007, the Committee published its
Third Report of Session 2006-07, on Call TV Quiz Shows. Since
then, there has been a succession of revelations of further abuses,
both by dedicated TV quiz shows and by premium rate telephone
competitions within mainstream television shows. This reinforces
our decision to examine the subject and our view that stronger
consumer protection is required. We welcome the fact that stronger
protection is being put in place but regret that it has taken
so long to do so.
2. We note that the Department for Culture, Media
and Sport published a response on 26 March 2007 as a Command Paper.[1]
We have also received a joint response from Ofcom and ICSTIS:[2]
this is published below as an Appendix. We acknowledge the two
responses, although we believe that it would have been more convenient
for the House and for the general public had DCMS submitted its
response to the Committee for publication alongside the joint
response by Ofcom and ICSTIS.
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