The BBC is being asked to make it harder for children to access gory shows and adult materials on its website.

Critics have voiced concerns that the iPlayer has made the watershed redundant as children only need to tick a box saying they are 16+ to access violent shows such as Ripper Street and The Fall.

Kidscape director Claude Knights commented: "iPlayer has in a sense circumvented the watershed. It is really completely wrong to say we have a watershed anymore. Parents need support and help. They need to understand, they don't always know what youngsters are doing, or indeed understand if they are doing X and Y how to protect them from that.

"So many parents claim not to have enough information about parental controls…certainly parents need to play a part, but yes, the iPlayer mechanism needs to address it too."

Knights added: "The more difficult you make something, obviously you will stop a percentage of the viewing."

Pressure group Mediawatch has backed these calls, speaking of the issue the group's Vivienne Pattison said: "I have been talking about the BBC having tougher safeguards for its iPlayer programmes for years but always get the same response: that it has to be something that seriously harms the mental or physical health of a child and nothing on the iPlayer will do this."

Under 16s have even criticised the 'tick box' method online for being too easy.

Currently the iPlayer does offer parents the option to set their own Parental Guidance Lock if they are concerned about what their children are accessing with a BBC spokesperson stating the iPlayer "has controls in place to safeguard children".

TeamRock Radio officially launched across the UK on digital radio, at two minutes to midnight on Sunday.

The new station, that will feature all rock genres, launched with a special message of support and poetry reading by Slipknot's Corey Taylor which was recorded after a visit to TeamRock's Download Festival HQ.

Taylor recited Edgar Alan Guest's 'It Couldn't Be Done' finishing with the words 'I belong. Do you?' followed by, rather aptly, the stations first song 'Two Minutes to Midnight'.

TeamRock is the brainchild of former GMG Radio executive Billy Anderson and his former boss CEO John Myers. Ex-Rock Radio Manchester and Real XS controller Hugh Evans is running the station as well as hosting the breakfast show. Planet Rock's Nicky Horne has also joined the station to host a daily two hour show dedicated to a unsigned, underground and rising bands.

To celebrate the first day of broadcasting TeamRock Radio will make the Metal Hammer Golden Gods event available exclusively through PlayStation Home, from the Indigo2 in London.

"It would be an understatement to say a large majority of our readers are also passionate gamers. To join the two through the amazing PlayStation Home virtual environment is as natural as Lemmy in a cowboy hat," said TeamRock commercial manager Ian Williamson of the deal.

TeamRock Radio forms part of a new content, creation and distribution business for rock fans. TeamRock owns rock titles Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Prog Blues, and AOR Magazine as well as brand extensions and branded events, The Golden Gods, Prog Awards and The Classic Rock Roll of Honour.

Zico Coconut Water is this week launching its #TheEveryDayActive campaign, fronted by British singer-songwriter, Jessie Ware, will aim to inspire the nation to carry out healthy activities such as walking to work every day.

The campaign will look to make tasks such as beating the lift up a flight of stairs as a little victory.

Tony Parente, new ventures entrepreneur at Zico Coconut Water, said: “This is the biggest campaign for the brand to date and we are delighted to be working with Jessie Ware as part of #TheEveryDayActive. It was important for us to find someone young, vibrant and energetic to serve as a role model of health and wellbeing and Jessie reflects this perfectly.”

Jessie Ware will launch the campaign with an exclusive live VIP gig today, at the top of The Gherkin in central London. This will be supported with a high reach media partnership with Kiss FM, where consumers will be offered tickets to the event.

Ware said: “#TheEverydayActive is brilliant, because whatever your fitness or schedule, there is always a small activity that you can add to your day that will make you that bit healthier – and make it more fun! I’m always on the go and love working out too, and have a Zico afterwards to keep me refreshed and ready for more.”

Independent owner Evgeny Lebedev took to Twitter on Monday morning to annunce the surprise appointments of Amol Rajan as editor of the Independent and Oly Duff as editor of sister title i.

Rajan will take over the editorial role from Chris Blackhurst, who will continue as group content director across Lebedev's titles after less than two years in the role.

Oly Duff moves from his executive editor of the Independent position to take the editor role at the i.

It's not the first time Lebedev has used Twitter to make staff announcements; in April he announced the appointment of Lisa Markwell as editor of the Independent on Sunday, a move which he confirmed would be permanent alongside the latest shuffle.

Delighted to announce @olyduff is appointed Editor of @theipaper. Superb young talent who will take this paper forward

— Evgeny Lebedev (@mrevgenylebedev) June 17, 2013

Also very pleased to announce @amolrajan is made Editor of @independent. Another exceptional young talent who will lead strongly

— Evgeny Lebedev (@mrevgenylebedev) June 17, 2013

Chris Blackhurst is appointed to Group Content Director, overseeing integration and content creation across all titles

— Evgeny Lebedev (@mrevgenylebedev) June 17, 2013

I thank him for all his work and leadership as Editor of @Independent. Look forward to creating a 21st century media company with him

— Evgeny Lebedev (@mrevgenylebedev) June 17, 2013

.@lisamarkwell is appointed Editor of @IndyOnSunday, having made a great start

— Evgeny Lebedev (@mrevgenylebedev) June 17, 2013

.@sandsstandard remains Editor of the Evening Standard, which goes from strength to strength

— Evgeny Lebedev (@mrevgenylebedev) June 17, 2013

Vimto has worked with driven to combine its latest TV ad with gaming content.

Broadcast from today (Monday 17 June) the new ad, which is part of the brand’s ‘Seriously Mixed Up Fruit’ initiative, sees Vimto’s Lowrider commercial re-edited to include footage from the viral game of the same name.

The new TV ad aims to encourage viewers to play the Lowrider game on Facebook for the chance to win prizes, with a different prize on offer everyday throughout summer.

Speaking of the campaign, Graham Drury, partner at driven, said: “It [Lowrider] manages to blur the line between advertising and content and now we’re taking that to another level.

"What other TV campaign gives you the chance to play the ad online whilst you’re actually watching it?”

To launch its new Mango Medley flavour, Oasis is launching a social campaign, which is set to include a live game on Facebook and experiential event at the EDF Energy London Eye in July.

Further to the social media activity and London event, the campaign will also be supported by PR, digital, print and media partnerships with Bauer (Heat, Kiss and 4Music).

Launching on Thursday, the Facebook game will see fans being in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to a special event, or a coupon for a free bottle of new Oasis Mango Medley or any of the other Oasis flavours.

The London event will be hosted by Rick Edwards, and attended by up to 750 contestants and celebrities alike. Two capsules of the London Eye will contain winners who will receive a VIP night out at a London nightclub with the celebrities.

Carolin Knottenbeld, senior market activation manager for flavours at Coca-Cola Great Britain, said: “We’re excited to have Rick Edwards on board for this exciting summer campaign. The dedicated Facebook app will encourage fans to play this fun and flirty game and reward them by offering them the chance to win money can’t buy prizes.”

It has been part of online life since 2007, and has gradually evolved into the mainstream via celebrities and latterly as legal, governmental and public institutions joined the ranks, but now tweeting has officially been recognised as a linguistic reality with its inclusion in the venerable Oxford English Dictionary.

The lexicographical arbiter of the language has accepted that the act of tweeting by people, not birds, is now an established pat of the language. In its June update, the Oxford dictionary will now include tweeting as both a noun and as a verb, chief editor John Simpson announced.

He said the entry after less than ten years in usage ”breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion,” he said.

“But it seems to be catching on,” he added.

The entry reads: “To make a posting on the social networking service Twitter. Also: to use Twitter regularly or habitually.”

Also added this quarter are “wingsuit and “sega”, although the latter refers to a dance form of the Mascarene Islands typically involving rhythmic swaying and stepping motions, and not the video game platform.

Guardian media blogger Roy Greenslade has courted controversy in his latest blog, in which he criticises the tabloid media for the Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson story - just as Saatchi breaks his silence on the incident.

Saatchi told the Evening Standard - a title he has been a columnist for - that the incident was a "playful tiff" in which he held his wife by the neck to "emphasise my point". Saatchi went on to claim the pictures gave a "far more graphic and violent impression" of what happened and that the couple had made up by the time they got home.

Meanwhile, Professor Roy Greenslade - who also writes a column for the Evening Standard - took a shot at the Sunday People in his Guardian column, claiming the witness statements quoted by the paper were hearsay.

"Quotes from unnamed neighbours and assorted 'witnesses' are nothing more than hearsay. No-one except the couple really knows what happened and why.

"Note that they are both media-savvy enough to have refused to speak to anyone (and there were none of those well-know briefing by 'friends')."

Greenslade went on to say the incident was "deeply embarrassing for her [Lawson] and, even more so, for her husband", leading to a wave of criticism on social media from readers who accused Greenslade of victim blaming and belittling the seriousness of domestic violence.

On the issue, Greenslade said: "Speculation about the circumstances was rife on the net, as was condemnation (of Saatchi). Many 'experts' were quick to make pronouncements about domestic violence. Am I alone in thinking this may have been a rush to judgement?"

The Guardian blogger said the media frenzy around the incident had caused misreporting on claims that the Met police were investigating the pictures and questioned whether Scotland Yard should have released any statement to the press in the absence of any official complaint or report being made.

Saatchi told the Evening Standard that Lawson had left the home with their children to avoid the paparazzi and had no immediate plans to return.

Update
Shortly after Professor Greenslade's column was published it was altered to include the comments from Charles Saatchi.

Subsequently, another sentence in the piece - quoted in The Drum's article as it originally appeared - was changed.

The sentence "It is, of course, deeply embarrassing for her and, even more so, for her husband." was changed to "It is, of course, deeply embarrassing for them both."

IT experts called out to take a look at someone's computer explain to the owner that slow broadband's the problem, not the computer. The owner, standing on a grand piano and swinging a golf club, is Al Pacino. As they explain, he conclusively breaks the PC by hitting a ball through the monitor.

Agency: WCRS
Production Co: 76 Ltd
Director: Peter Lydon
Post Production: Finish
Audio: Grand Central
Sound Designer: Munzie Thind

The Post Office has revealed a fully-integrated summer marketing campaign that aims to raise awareness of its travel services, reiterating the point that the Post Office does more than mail.

Launching today (Monday 17 June) the campaign, which is the third installment in the ‘Handled with Care’ brand story, is set to run across print, outdoor, online and in Post Office branches and is underpinned by additional sales activity in the national press.

Head of marketing at the Post Office, Stewart Fox-Mills, commented: “The modern Post Office is about much more than stamps and envelopes and is credible in other markets. This campaign builds on our strong reputation as a provider of travel money and sets out the range of useful and award winning Travel services you’ll find at Post Office. We are changing and so are our customers. We want to make it easier for customers to do business with us by providing easy access to travel essentials through our vast network of over 11,500 branches or online.”

‘Get ready for your holiday with the Post Office’ was developed by Dare and planned by Mindshare and hopes to encourage travellers to use their local Post Office for holiday essentials including Travel Money, Travel Insurance and its Passport ‘Check & Send’ application service.

Digital media will also play an integral part of the campaign with the Post Office partnering with MSN Travel to create bespoke online content.

Jonathan Pangu, Dare’s group business director, added: “Tis the season for travel advertising. We think the Post Office will get more than its fair share of attention this year; we're all about the excitement and anticipation of the summer holiday, in a way that's relevant to Post Office's role

SapientNitro has created a 'social stock ticker' aimed at CEOs of publicly listed companies to measure social media activity, designed in the image of telegraphic stock tickers of the mid-19th century.

The company said in a statement that a recent social media study which showed a correlation between high social media performance and positive stock price movements was the inspiration behind the gadget, which prints out real time tweets and analysis on ticker paper.

Malcolm Poynton, CEO Europe at SapientNitro, said: "For years business leaders have had the means and intent to watch their stock price and its constant fluctuations.

"The social stock ticker bring the same focus to business-critical social conversations - a space with which C-suite executives are notable disconnect. By crashing together digital with analogue outputs, the social stock ticker introduces a visible and audible reminder to busy executive of the value of their company's social stock."

The device prints hourly and daily reports of positive and negative tweets and estimations on whether public sentiment is up or down.

One of the Guardian's latest big stories in its Edward Snowden whistleblower series revealed sensational details of British spy operations, including the creation of fake internet cafes designed to allow British services to intercept communications of foreign diplomats - but in whose interest was it to reveal that information?

The public responded instantly via social networks, with some displaying a form of surprise that firstly, the Guardian considered spying news, and secondly, that it was willing to reveal information which could be considered off limits for reasons of national security.

The Guardian followed the piece up with an article explaining the laws that allow intelligence agencies to spy on foreign diplomats, specifically the 1994 Intelligence Services Act, and the concern it had caused other countries in Europe upon its publication. The piece also made mention of the 1961 Vienna convention, which offers protection for diplomatic communications.

While some Twitter users - including Conservative MP Mark Pritchard - reacted to the article with criticism, senior lecturer in media ethics at Glasgow Caledonian University, Douglas Chalmers, says the title got it spot on with the story.

"It is clearly in the public interest for the Guardian to publish details of the trickery, the spying, and the underhand methods used in the name of the UK national interest, in order to intercept the communications of visiting delegates to the G20 meetings.

"There is often an assumption that governments will act in the interest of their people, or that automatic support should be given to one's own government 'in the national interest' - similar to an approach of 'my country, right or wrong'.

"There is clearly no ethical basis for this. Governments represent those who have voted for them - but because of our antiquated first past the post system, normally do not have the majority support of the country behind them.

"Even if they did," he added, "their actions need to be judged ethically before support should be given to them."

Chalmers' view is echoed by Respect MP George Galloway, but others may take some convincing.

The Guardian may claim that GCHQ story is in the 'public interest' - but it is certainly not in the 'national interest'.

— Mark Pritchard (@MPritchardMP) June 16, 2013

Serious question: is the Guardian's reporting of GCHQ activities testing the boundaries between 'public interest' and 'interested public'?

— Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) June 16, 2013

Dear Guardian, your UK readers and taxpayers (cough) are not well served by you revealing Top Secret info about UK intelligence capabilities

— Samuel Coates (@SamuelCoates) June 16, 2013

@GUARDIANNEWS - BONG! - British agents spied on foreigners. BONG! -Bears charged with woodland hygene offences.

— Harry Smith (@stvharry) June 16, 2013

Guardian does realise we pay taxes so GCHQ will spy on Russians? It is like their job, you know?

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) June 16, 2013

This giddiness is beginning to meddle against public interest now RT @ggreenwald Guardian: how UK spied on G20allies http://t.co/ZOyvzrFTXy

— Steve Dennis (@SteveDennis71) June 16, 2013

This splash also undermines the previous ones, because it increasingly seems Guardian's public interest angle is All Espionage Is Bad.

— Jeremy Duns (@jeremyduns) June 16, 2013

Guardian reveals UK spies spy on people. Revelation of the century! lol http://t.co/4WUzLwM1Zz (not exactly in national interest)

— Bob Moss (@bob_moss) June 16, 2013

Now THIS is journalism! http://t.co/qZ7afmto2t

— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) June 16, 2013

Mercedes-Benz has launched its "most collaborative" campaign, inviting users to upload tweets, videos, Instagrams and blog posts to an interactive Facebook site which could win them tickets to music, sports and fashion events.

The brand will set challenges on its Social Reporter site, with winning entries chosed by the user community. Prizes include tickets to a Kasabian concert, the British Grand Prix and the Open Championship.

Marketing director at Mercedes-Benz, Andrew Mallery, said: "This puts the three-pointed star at the heart of credible two-way conversations with fans of the brand. By placing real content creators at the heart of the strategy, we halo fans and get to offer them amazing unrivalled content opportunities too. It is perfect social currency all round."

Gala Bingo has unveiled a new advertising campaign with Home and The Gate Films.

The campaign looks to promote Gala as ‘bringing the bingo buzz to Britain’ through an animated 3D ‘buzzwire’ that hurtles around the country bringing winners wherever it goes.

Post production was handled by Edit 19.

Edit 19 creative director Adam Webster said: "The project was a nice challenge. I feel we've really illustrated the buzz of the brand and used some interesting techniques to do so.”

The Attorney General's Office has confirmed a review of the 15-month jail sentence handed down to former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall for indecent assault following a number of complaints and a furious Twitter backlash.

Hall, 83, was sentenced for 14 offences against 13 girls committed between 1967 and 1987, with one of his victims just nine years old. The length of his sentence was met with surprise, which quickly turned to anger, and prompted Labour MP Emily Thornberry to write to the Attorney General and request the case be referred to the Court of Appeal.

The Attorney General's Office confirmed a short time later that it would examine the sentence.

Channel 4 News journalist Alex Thomson and Labour's Harriet Harman took to Twitter alongside members of the public to express concern at the sentence.

So the Stuart Hall judicial message is: get away with it for long enough and you'll pretty much get off. Justice for the 9yo Your 'Honour'?

— alex thomson (@alextomo) June 17, 2013

Attorney-General to investigate whether Hall's sentence was "unduly lenient" after complaints.

— alex thomson (@alextomo) June 17, 2013

The Attorney General's going to review the 15 month sentence given to Stuart Hall, who's been jailed for sexually abusing girls

— Radio Clyde News (@RadioClydeNews) June 17, 2013

18 yrs offending & Stuart hall gets less than 18 months. Unduly Lenient Sentence. Attorney General must refer sentence to Court of Appeal

— Harriet Harman (@HarrietHarman) June 17, 2013

15 months in prison for the sexual assault of 13 children (one of which was 9) is disgusting and so disrespectful #stuarthall

— alt-jess (@jessicarrrose) June 17, 2013

Nice work by the British justice system once again - reading what Stuart Hall actually did is sickening, and he gets 15months? Unbelievable.

— Mark Stuttard (@MarkStuttard) June 17, 2013

A man got more time in jail for nicking an ice cream in the 2011 riots than Stuart Hall got for sexually assaulting 13 different girls.

— Dusty (@dustsister) June 17, 2013

So Stuart Hall admits 14 charges, including one against a NINE YEAR OLD. He gets fifteen month sentence. #justice ?

— Matthew Tomlinson (@CllrMTomlinson) June 17, 2013

The disgracefully lenient sentence for #StuartHall degrades women, trivialises sexual abuse & traduces the idea of justice in Britain. Sick.

— Ian (@IanCampbell_) June 17, 2013

Today's jobs round-up brings roles for senior designers, studio managers, PR managers, marketing lecturers, PPC specialists and account managers.

Selco builders warehouse is looking for a senior designer and studio manager responsible for the creative development, design and overall look and feel of creative. The role is based in the West Midlands and applicants should have experience of working with an in-house creative team as well as within a traditional marketing agency. Experience of setting up an in-house creative team would be an advantage. The closing date for applications is 21 June.

A PR, sponsorship and events marketing manager is required by Bennetts in the east of England to develop and deliver strategy which will help maintain the brand's position within the motorcycle industry. Candidates should have a solid background in PR, ideally from the motorcycle industry, or experience as a journalist with extensive industry contacts. The role will involve delivery of a full season's events plan. Applications should be submitted by 26 June.

Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University is looking for a marketing lecturer to contribute to the delivery and development of marketing-based modules across undergraduate and postgraduate courses in its Business School. The role will also involve taking part in the delivery of a new digital marketing project. Applicants should be currently working either in the marketing or teaching industries or bring relevant experience. Salary for this position is £37,382-£44,607 and the closing date for applications is 27 June.

A PPC account manager position is available with Targeted Media in Sheffield for an individual with good knowledge of PPC and demonstrable knowledge or experience of client relationship management, analytical data interpretation and customer buying habits. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and managing online marketing strategies for paid search customers and comes with a salary of £20,000-£27,000.

Pitch is looking for an account manager for a client based in the north-west of England offering a salary of £26,000-£30,000. The role will involve working across a mixture of FMCG clients covering a range of activity from TV, radio, press and digital. Candidates should be strategically minded, confident in challenging briefs and focused on timely delivery. The closing date for applications is 18 June.

To view the latest jobs in advertising, design, digital media and marketing in your area, visit The Drum's job section

Charles Saatchi was yesterday cautioned for assault after being snapped with his hand around Nigella Lawson’s throat.

The PR guru was interviewed by police following the pictures publication in the papers and was interviewed by police after handing himself in voluntarily.

Having accepted the caution Saatchi attempted to play down the assault, claiming that the snapshot gave a misleading impression of events outside fashionable London eaterie Scott’s.

The couple had been dining to mark Saatchi’s 70th birthday but instead of celebrating Lawson was left in tears following an argument over their children.

Saatchi claimed to grab Lawson’s neck in order to ‘emphasise his point’ with the tears merely reflecting his partners hatred of arguing.

However Lawson was later seen leaving the family home with the children with no indication of when she may return.

In a statement Saatchi said: “About a week ago, we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella’s neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasise my point.”

“There was no grip, it was a playful tiff. The pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place. Nigella’s tears were because we both hate arguing, not because she had been hurt. We had made up by the time we were home.

“The paparazzi were congregated outside our house after the story broke this morning, so I told Nigella to take the kids off till the dust settled.”

Veteran comedian Barry Cryer, a Morecambe and Wise regular, has spoken out against today’s sitcoms; branding them at worst nasty and at best unfunny.

Cryer claims that sitcom writing has regressed by at least 30 years to the extent that it is ‘no longer a laughing matter’, singling out the ‘positively homophobic’ ITV show Vicious for particular scorn.

Starring Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi Vicious has been panned by critics Commenting on the shows failings Cryer stated: “A sitcom with two old gays could be really good and moving. With two great actors in Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi it should be fantastic.

“But it was insult, insult, insult every other line. You don’t believe in them. You don’t like them, for a start. It was positively homophobic. It made John Inman look restrained."

To get viewers smiling again Cryer is urging writers to focus once again on creating ‘great’ characters in inherently funny situations - and not get bogged down in trying too hard to concoct jokes.

Speaking to the Radio Times Cryer said: “We’re living in an era of back-to-basics sitcoms and it’s no laughing matter.

“From Vicious to Mrs Brown’s Boys to The Wright Way, the old-fashioned situation comedy is suddenly all the rage again."

The UK government will today host a web porn summit with representatives from 13 tech and telecoms firms as it seeks to adopt a more hands on approach to tackling the spread of extreme material online.

Amongst those gathering for the event will be Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Vodafone, O2, EE and Three under the auspices of culture secretary Maria Miller.

Fresh urgency has been given to the talks following a number of recent high profile cases; including those of paedophiles Mark Bridger and Stuart Hazell, both of whom went on to kill after viewing material online.

In response to such concerns the Internet Service Providers Association is calling for filtering tools to be made available much more widely but it remains opposed to default settings.

Speaking to Channel 5 the prime minister’s advisor on such issues, Conservative MP Claire Perry, said: “If I have to sit with parents who've had their children taken from them whilst images, the most appalling images, of abuse are then found on those gentlemen's computers, we can't sit by and do nothing about that."

The World Health Organisation has spoken out against the UK food advertising industry after concluding that it is bypassing junk food ad rules and so contributing to an obesity epidemic amongst children.

Recent efforts to clamp down on the promotion of unhealthy foods have been circumvented according to the WHO report, which notes a switch away from advertising on children’s programming, which has now been banned, toward family shows such as Britain’s Got Talent and the X Factor.

Food firms are also switching toward video games, mobile and social media to reach children directly, sparking the call for tighter regulation of the industry.

Zsuzsanna Jakab, regional director of WHO Europe, said: “Millions of children across the region are being subjected to unacceptable marketing practices. Policy simply must catch up and address the reality of an obese childhood in the 21st century.

"Children are surrounded by adverts urging them to consume high fat, high sugar, high salt foods, even when they are in places where they should be protected, such as schools and sports facilities."

Despite such loopholes Ofcom states that children’s exposure to adverts for the likes of crisps, fizzy drinks and chicken nuggets has declined by 37 per cent between 2005 and 2009.