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£2m fine for GMTV over 'competitions'

Britain's media regulator Ofcom has fined morning television programme GMTV £2m for allowing viewers to enter competitions they had no chance of winning.

The watchdog found that GMTV, which is 75% owned by broadcaster ITV, had picked competition finalists before lines had closed.

Ofcom has also told GMTV to broadcast a summary of its finding on three separate occasions.