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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar...com-action
Ofcom has complained to the Dutch media regulator about the content of adult chat channels Babestation and Smile TV, which are licensed in the Netherlands but broadcast to millions of Freeview households in the UK overnight and can be easily accessed by children in their bedrooms.
The UK media regulator said that " this is an important issue, and active discussions are under way" with Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch media authority), the country's content licensing body, to see how British audiences can be protected from scenes of near naked women massaging each other's breasts, masturbating and faking orgasms.
Babestation and Smile TV broadcast free to air on digital terrestrial TV service Freeview between 10pm and 6am. Adult channels feature in two blocks on the Freeview electronic programme guide, 93-98 and 190-198.
Ofcom has previously revoked the broadcast licences of adult pay-TV channels including Tease Me for repeatedly airing material that was too sexually explicit for pre-watershed hours.
However, as Babestation and Smile TV are licensed by the Dutch media authority, rather than Ofcom, the UK regulator has no power to block or ban them.
The regulator added that it has no tally of the number of complaints received from British viewers about the channels, adding that it advises those offended to approach the Dutch regulator.
However, the Mumsnet website has hosted a lively discussion on the issue, which included comments, "I can't believe they are on when toddlers are up and about" and "You switch in and hey, porn".
Caroline Dinenage, Conservative MP for Gosport and member of the parliamentary inquiry into online child protection, said there was an urgent need to address inappropriate television content.
"Some of the images on Freeview may be contravening UK regulation. This is terrestrial TV, free to everyone, including children and teenagers," Dinenage added.
"We need to ensure that Freeview operators who sell capacity to non-UK porn channels behave responsibly, and respect UK regulations. There may be a compelling case for Ofcom to withdraw licences from companies selling spectrum to porn channels, without putting in place age restrictive access control."
The channels could be in breach of UK regulations by promoting websites offering what may be R18 – the UK classification for hardcore pornography – content or equivalent, which can be accessed via a premium phone line, requiring no verification of age.
Ofcom's rules require any such promotions to be run after midnight. "If they don't do what we ask them we can go to the European Commission," said an Ofcom spokesman.
Freeview is owned by broadcasters the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, BSkyB and transmission company Arqiva.
A Freeview spokesperson said as an open platform it is required to broadcast licensed channels that apply for distribution, including Babestation and Smile TV. The channels use DTT spectrum owned by Arqiva to broadcast on Freeview.
However, a spokesman for Dmol, a company owned by the operators of the six Freeview multiplexes – the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva – said it is about to launch a four-month consultation that is expected to result by the autumn in the adult channels moving towards the end of the Freeview EPG in one block.
Each multiplex owner is responsible for a bundle of spectrum via which a number of channels are broadcast. Any spectrum not used for their own channels is leased to other broadcasters.
The Dmol spokesman said that the current arrangement was "not ideal", with the Dutch-licensed adult chat channels accessible to 90% of about 10.6m UK homes that use Freeview as their only access to digital TV. "We are conscious of the need to move quickly. We are encouraged by news of Ofcom's active discussions," he added.
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