We advise our clients on all aspects of broadcasting. Our practice ranges from guiding companies on the broadcast regulations and case law to advising on adverse media coverage. We have also helped clients to develop and implement long term strategies, to enable them to respond decisively to negative media. We also have experience of advising broadcasting companies on general commercial issues.

The team operates a 24-hour service to assist clients who require urgent advice and action.

Relevant experience includes advising:

• The largest network of charitable, independent hospitals in the UK, in defending its reputation in relation to a broadcast by the BBC and a number of newspaper reports
• One of the largest global banks in relation to the proposed broadcast of an investigative programme regarding call centres in India and successfully preventing the programme being broadcast
• A financial provider in relation to secretly filmed material by ITV
• One of the world’s biggest multinational companies in relation to a proposed BBC feature film about the client’s activities overseas
• A national broadcaster in relation to investigations by Ofcom in connection with a TV quiz show and premium rate calls
• A lottery provider on the structure of a TV phone-in competitions
• A national broadcaster in relation to potential liabilities arising out of an investigative journalism broadcast