Ofcom (the Office of Communications) is the regulatory body of everything to do with broadcasting and telecommunication.
Ofcom are responsible for making sure that no television channels and radio stations are not breaking the law and are following the broadcasting code. Ofcom deal with complaints from viewers when they've found something offensive, or found something wrong with a programme. The regulatory body also monitors the output of TV and Radio to make sure that the stations and channels are broadcasting what they've agreed to in their licences.
Another area Ofcom deals with is the volume of adverts. On television, advertisements aren't allowed to be louder than the programme and TV channels can be fined if they have broken the code.
Ofcom was founded in 2002 and was a merge of all the different media regulators.
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