BBC axe all phone and interactive competitions

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Hot on the heels of the scathing report by Ofcom into broadcasters’ usage of premium SMS and telephone services – but apparently unrelated – the BBC has announced plans to suspended all phone-related, interactive and online competitions with virtually immediate effect.

All phone-related competitions on BBC TV and radio will cease from 0000 BST on Thursday, while interactive and online competitions will be taken down as soon as possible.

The BBC Trust said it was “deeply concerned that significant failures of control and compliance within the BBC have compromised the BBC’s values of accuracy and honesty”.