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UK lawmaker urges News Corp TV hacking claims probe
Source: Reuters
UK lawmaker urges News Corp TV hacking claims probe
By Georgina Prodhan
LONDON | Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:30am EDT
(Reuters) - A British lawmaker is to demand that the TV watchdog probes new hacking claims against News Corp, piling more pressure on BSkyB chairman James Murdoch whose fitness to own a broadcast license is already under scrutiny.
A BBC documentary broadcast late on Monday alleged that NDS, a pay-TV smartcard maker recently sold by News Corp, hired a consultant to post the encryption codes of ITV Digital, a key rival of BSkyB, on his website.
The online publication of the codes contributed to the 2002 collapse of ITV Digital, which had been set up by ITV, Britain's leading free-to-air commercial broadcaster, in 1998.
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"These allegations, if true, are the most serious yet and I am referring the matter to Ofcom, who have a duty to investigate as part of their fit and proper test," member of parliament Tom Watson said of the claims made in the BBC's Panorama program.
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By Georgina Prodhan
LONDON | Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:30am EDT
(Reuters) - A British lawmaker is to demand that the TV watchdog probes new hacking claims against News Corp, piling more pressure on BSkyB chairman James Murdoch whose fitness to own a broadcast license is already under scrutiny.
A BBC documentary broadcast late on Monday alleged that NDS, a pay-TV smartcard maker recently sold by News Corp, hired a consultant to post the encryption codes of ITV Digital, a key rival of BSkyB, on his website.
The online publication of the codes contributed to the 2002 collapse of ITV Digital, which had been set up by ITV, Britain's leading free-to-air commercial broadcaster, in 1998.
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"These allegations, if true, are the most serious yet and I am referring the matter to Ofcom, who have a duty to investigate as part of their fit and proper test," member of parliament Tom Watson said of the claims made in the BBC's Panorama program.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/27/us-newscorp-hacking-television-idUSBRE82Q0JY20120327
