Media regulator Ofcom received nearly 700 complaints about TV news coverage of the Woolwich attack.
Ofcom has been investigating whether the broadcast of the footage before the 9pm watershed is in breach of the UK broadcasting code.
It is understood that Ofcom has cleared all the broadcasters on the basis that showing the footage was in the public interest.
According to Ofcom's code, broadcasters must apply "generally accepted standards" meaning that any material they air which might be offensive or explicit must be able to be justified by context, such as whether children are likely to see it.
In May an ITV News spokesman defended the decision to air the footage as "editorially justified", saying that it was done on a "public interest basis as the material is integral to understanding the horrific incident".


The bulk of the complaints – 500 – were directly to ITV, with Ofcom receiving about 100 separate complaints about the channel's decision to air the film. 
ITV News declined to confirm or deny whether it paid the man for his footage. 

"It was editorially justified to show such footage in the aftermath of such a shocking attack, and we prefaced it on ITV News at 6.30pm and News at Ten with appropriate warnings to make viewers aware in advance of the graphic images about to be shown."

After midnight on Wednesday, ITV edited the video on its website to obscure the body of the soldier and the face of the second suspect. It is understood that this was after editors decided there was less public interest justification in showing the unedited footage to a Thursday lunchtime audience.

Benefit Street 02/03/16