(07-10-2009 16:20 )StanTheMan Wrote: Thanks, vostok, a brilliant post. As for the above paragraph, quoted from your post, does this mean there's a real possibilty that the babeshows' days are numbered?
I don't think the upcoming consultation will mean the end of the Babe Shows, not at all.
The consultation could not have come at a better time. While much of the regular TV industry is in finical melt-down, the Babe Shows continue to flourish. (according to the
Participation
Broadcasters
Trade
Association, the trade group that represents many of the Babe Show brodcasters.)
For Ofcom to try and pull the plug on an entire industry that generates tax £'s in the current climate is beyond even Ofcoms hypocrisy.
I can see tighter regulation in regards to the use of the Premium rate numbers and reverse text billing in the same way that Ofcom insisted on changes relating to the quiz shows that rely on people phoning in, by having a clearer definition on what you an expect from phoning, with something like a countdown timer displayed on screen to show how many other callers are on the line in front of you, so the days of being told "you can get straight through" may come to an end. And little "scams" advertised on screen such as "PHONE THE GIRL ON SCREEN TO GET HER TOTALLY NAKED, HER LINE IS TOTALLY FREE" could also be relegated to Babe Show history.
But I don't think the Babe Shows will disappear while people are still happy to pay £1.50 per minute, regardless of what one person at Ofcom may want.