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| March 1, 2007 |
| Urgent meeting on TV phone calls |
The premium rate phone lines watchdog is to hold an urgent meeting with broadcasters and programme-makers amid probes into viewers' calls into shows.
Icstis said action was needed "to ensure that viewers can take part in TV shows with confidence".
It is investigating reported problems with calls to Channel 4's Richard and Judy and BBC One's Saturday Kitchen.
ITV admitted that a mistake with an interactive vote on X Factor led to viewers being overcharged by £200,000.
Icstis chairman Sir Alistair Graham told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours: "Broadcasters and others should be looking as a matter of urgency at how the recent problems came about, and at what needs to be done to prevent them happening again."
Presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan have axed the You Say, We Pay quiz on their Channel 4 show following claims viewers were told to call to participate after a contestant had already been chosen.
Channel 4 launched its own investigation, while insisting it would not "knowingly mislead viewers in any way". |
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