(27-07-2013 18:42 )elgar1uk Wrote: (27-07-2013 14:22 )mr mystery Wrote: you cannot advertise R18 material or it's equivalent on free to air babe channels, only under encryption/restricted access channels can you promote hard core pornography
But isn't it OK because any hard material available on the website need age verification to view?
Yes up to recently i thought that was the case as well, like what's been pointed out by people in previous posts TVX/Red Hot's websites are hard core and they advertise their websites on TV, but recently Ofcom seem to have been cracking down on R18 material being advertised on the free to air phone in babe channels, like i said in a previous post Studio 66 was found in breach for advertising pics/vids that were R18 in nature that you could only download to you're mobile if it was adult verified, Ofcom said they did not regard adult verified mobiles as adequate protection against under 18's being able view R18 material, so they found Studio 66 in breach, adult verified mobile phones are one method used to pay for BSX which Ofcom do not recognise as a safe way to purchase and watch R18 adult content .
I wonder if it's because the phone in babe channels are classed as advertisement teleshopping channels so cannot promote R18 websites, ?, TVX/Red Hot are not classed as teleshopping channels and they are not advertised on live phone in teleshopping classed channels, so have more leeway, that's why their 10min freeview ads can show harder content and use bad language etc compared to the phone in babe channels .
BS had to stop advertising their girls websites on TV a few years ago because some were R18 in content, even though the websites were age verified they still had to stop promoting them on the free to air phone in babe channels .
If i'm not mistaken Studio 66 doesn't give links out on TV any longer to it's age verified website these days or promote on TV their web cam girls either, is this because they can't advertise their web site address on unencrypted babe channels because it contains R18 content ? .
I don't think any of the phone in babe channels apart from BS now promote/advertise anything R18 in content on TV, i could be wrong though . BS probably get away with it because of their Dutch licenses .
{edit} Just had a look through some previous in breach rulings, TVX/Red Hot were found in breach a few years ago for advertising links to hard core websites during their free to view adverts, mainly because the websites didn't have adequate age verification methods in place, so maybe BSX can promote their hard core shows on TV ?, although Ofcom still don't recognise the adult verified mobile phone method as adequate protection, but if that is the case why can't BS advertise the girls websites any longer ? .