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The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ takes all breaches of its Editorial Guidelines seriously and regrets that Reef Television failed to meet the high standards that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ expects of all programme makers.

As the report from the Trust's Editorial Standards Committee makes clear, Reef Television co-operated fully throughout the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ investigation and never deliberately set out to mislead either the audience or the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.

However, during the investigation a number of editorial breaches came to light in ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Daytime programmes and these have resulted in a series of penalties for Reef Television, including an agreement to a compensatory payment to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and a three-month suspension of all business.

During the suspension, at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's insistence, but with the company's full cooperation, Reef Television was required to overhaul completely its compliance processes and editorial standards training.

Following a rigorous and thorough process, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is now satisfied that the company has compliance procedures and training of an appropriate standard.

The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has, therefore, decided to lift its suspension.

Reef Television will now resume work on two existing ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ projects and be free to pitch new work to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ in future.

The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will review Reef Television's editorial standards performance in six months time.

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