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Been a while since we've had one of these!
Paywalled article posted below:
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/itv-faces-new-investigation-by-watchdog-over-viewer-contests-0803ltbgp
'Irregularities' and administrative errors happen, but it can't help but be suspicious that there's problems with the only entry method that doesn't make the company money. At least this doesn't seem to be anywhere near the scale of the original scandal.
Mod edit: edited quote. Please do not include the full article if behind a paywall
Paywalled article posted below:
Quote:
ITV is involved in another competitions row after admitting that postal entries were not entered into prize draws.
Ofcom has begun an investigation after the broadcaster reported itself to the watchdog following an internal audit. On at least six occasions viewers who submitted entries to ITV contests by post had no chance of winning.
ITV has identified six competitions between 2014 and 2019 in which some postal entries were excluded from the winner selection process. It declined to disclose the number of discarded entries but said yesterday that they represented “a very small proportion” of the total for each contest. It blamed “isolated incidences of unintentional administrative errors” and said it was being transparent with regulators, yet declined to name the competitions that had been compromised.
Ofcom has begun an investigation after the broadcaster reported itself to the watchdog following an internal audit. On at least six occasions viewers who submitted entries to ITV contests by post had no chance of winning.
ITV has identified six competitions between 2014 and 2019 in which some postal entries were excluded from the winner selection process. It declined to disclose the number of discarded entries but said yesterday that they represented “a very small proportion” of the total for each contest. It blamed “isolated incidences of unintentional administrative errors” and said it was being transparent with regulators, yet declined to name the competitions that had been compromised.
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/itv-faces-new-investigation-by-watchdog-over-viewer-contests-0803ltbgp
'Irregularities' and administrative errors happen, but it can't help but be suspicious that there's problems with the only entry method that doesn't make the company money. At least this doesn't seem to be anywhere near the scale of the original scandal.
Mod edit: edited quote. Please do not include the full article if behind a paywall
Last edited by OboeShoes on 11 August 2020 2:57pm
