Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating broadcasting and communications networks, and grant-in-aid from the Government. They regulate the TV, radio and video-on-demand sectors The Government today named Lord (Terry) Burns as the preferred candidate to be the next Chairman of Ofcom, from 1 January 2018. Ofcom found out that older children are less trusting of news on social media than from other sources, and employ a range of measures to separate fact from fiction. Ofcom has said the BBC must broadcast more original UK programmes under new rules designed to ensure the broadcaster offers high-quality, distinctive programmes for its entire audience. They are specifically in the u.k they are located in London,Belfast,Cardiff,Caterham,Glasgow and Warrington ofcom-they are the independent regulations of the media and communication industries the OFCOM specification of broadcast code-this provides a set mandatory broadcast rules,it covers: protection of under-eig...