The media watchdog agency the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) says it has launched an advertising campaign focusing on the protection of children against harmful content, as well as antipiracy and payola.

Broadcasting Commission: No legal basis for intervention in commercial agreements between content owners and programme distributors

AN executive of the Broadcast Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) says the organisation has urged government to take strong action against journalists guilty of involvement in payola.

Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, Professor Hopeton Dunn, has renewed calls for the broadcast media to uphold the highest standard in their output.

The Broadcasting Commission joins the media fraternity in expressing sadness at the passing of Chad Young, Chairman of the Grove Broadcasting Company, operators of IRIE FM & ZIP103 FM. Under his leadership, IRIE FM and ZIP 103 FM maintained a leading presence on the airwaves and were active participants in the Commission’s quarterly meetings with broadcast licensees.

Innovations, trends and challenges in a changing media environment will be placed on the front burner come Tuesday, when the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) hosts a one day conference, dubbed 'The Future of Media and Regulation in Jamaica'.

INSIGHT INTO the future of media and regulation was provided at a Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica regulation conference at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston last week.

FORMER senior executive at CBS, FOX and Universal Studios Neal Lemlein has said that the media marketplace is in a state of genuine upheaval, as the digital evolution demands media professionals to dramatically alter the way that programming content is delivered to consumers.

In 2009 there were numerous objections to directives meted out by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) directives, but since then, the organisation's executive director, Cordel Green, says major strides have been made.

Over the last two years, since 2012, the Broadcasting Commission has been in correspondence and meetings with all broadcasters and cable providers about their coverage range and signal quality being delivered to towns, communities and villages throughout Jamaica, in line with the terms of their licences.