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Yvonne Ridley wins sex discrimination payout from Islam Channel
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 3.21pm
Former Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley has won a case for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination against The Islam Channel. By Ben Dowell (more)

Faith meets reality TV in contest to find top mosque
From Media Guardian. Posted October 6 2007, 1.00am
Eight mosques are vying to become Britain's Model Mosque 2007 in a competition on the Islam Channel. By Riazat Butt. (more)

Asian TV channels in Sky EPG reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted August 6 2007, 9.00am
Selected Asian TV channels on Sky Digital have been given new EPG numbers. As revealed first by BizAsia.co.uk, the changes are taking place to make room for additional new services in the already packed out 'International' genre of Sky Digital's EPG. Some broadcasters have opted to remain in their existing EPG slot and some have moved down the EPG to fill up vacant slots in the category. The new EPG list is as below: 780 B4U Movies 781 B4U Music 782 Sony TV Asia 783 STAR One 784 STAR Plus 785 PCNE Chinese 786 Bangla TV 787 mta-muslim tv 788 ZEE TV 789 ZEE Music 790 ZEE Cinema 791 ARY Digital 792 PTV Prime 793 MATV National 794 DW-TV 795 TVEi 796 Abu Dhabi TV 797 SouthForYou 798 Alpha ETC Punjabi 799 TV5 800 MAX 801 Record TV 802 DM Digital 803 804 ARY QTV 805 DM Gold 806 ARY The Musik 807 Venus TV 808 Aastha TV 809 810 STAR News 811 STAR Gold 812 PTV Global 813 Islam Channel 814 Channel 'S' 815 GEO UK 816 ZEE Gujarati 817 Aapna Channel 818 Mana Telugu 819 Filmy 820 Sahara One 821 Aaj Tak 822 823 824 AAG 825 826 Channel S NTV 827 Channel S ATN 828 Channel Punjab 829 830 831 832 DD-News 833 DD-India 834 835 836 837 838 839 Related links: New EPG numbers for Asian channels on Sky Asian channels set for EPG reshuffle on Sky (more)

Islam Channel Fined £30k by Ofcom
From Merry Media. Posted August 1 2007, 12.37am
The Islam Channel has been fined £30,000 by television regulator Ofcom for breaching the broadcasting code which relates to UK election candidates acting as presenters during an election period.. (more)

Ofcom hands out hefty fine to The Islam Channel
From Biz Asia. Posted July 31 2007, 11.40pm
Digital TV station The Islam Channel has had its slap wrist hard with media regulator handing out a hefty fine worth £30,000 for breaches of its broadcasting code. In the first of its rule breaks, channel host Yvonne Ridley fronted a programme on politics show 'The Agenda', while she was standing for the Respect Party in the May 2006 elections. Furthermore Ofcom became aware that some editions of another current affairs programme, 'Politics and the Media', had been presented by Abdurahman Akhtar Jafar, who was at the time standing as the Respect Party’s mayoral candidate in the London Borough of Newham. Again the programmes were presented by the candidate during the election period. Ofcom's code forbids candidates standing in UK elections to act as news presenters, interviewers, or presenters on any type of programme during an election period. The Islam Channel also broadcast, on two occasions, 'Jerusalem: A Promise of Heaven'. This programme examined the position of the city of Jerusalem and argued that historically Muslims have been deprived of its ownership. The Islam Channel failed to ensure that this major matter of political controversy was treated with due impartiality. Ofcom considered that this failure was emblematic of the overall pattern of weak compliance at the Islam Channel. However, Ofcom did not consider this breach, in itself, to be sufficiently serious to warrant the imposition of a statutory sanction. Ofcom also noted that the management of Islam Channel Ltd claimed not to have been aware of Mr Jafar's candidacy before they were contacted by the regulator and despite the fact that Ms Ridley referred to his mayoral candidacy on air. "This was clear evidence that Islam Channel Ltd could not have been properly monitoring its own output," the regulator noted, ruling that the breaches caused "considerable ... potential harm" and showed "a disregard of democratic processes". The regulator ruled that the channel was "seriously negligent" and "had shown a reckless disregard for the important rules of the code with respect to ensuring fairness in the conduct of elections and for compliance generally". In total, The Agenda and The Politics and the Media Show was found to have breached the regulator's code on 24 occasions. (more)

Islam Channel fined £30,000
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2007, 1.00am
Ofcom has fined digital TV station the Islam Channel £30,000 for a series of breaches of its broadcasting code. By Ben Dowell. (more)