(04-10-2014 21:37 )Digital Dave Wrote: (04-10-2014 20:49 )Lotuseater Wrote: How come pre-10pm 903 Television X can broadcast their advertorial video montages girls with sucking each others' tits etc. but the live channels can't do anything remotely like that at 3 am even???
There is certainly a discrepancy in the rules that allows the TVX 10 minute free promos (free to air I assume) to be far more explicit than the fta babe channels ever can be, including allowing swearing. I can't remember what the utterly ludicrous reasoning was - perhaps eccles or mr mystery could comment?
I don't actually know why TVX can show what they do in the free to view unencrypted promos, and the babe channels can't do the same, but i think it's something to do with the channels being licensed for adult chat and not just straight forward advertising ? .
The free to air phone chat babe channels are classed as "long form advertising" the licences Ofcom grant to the phone in babe channels have specific rules for adult chat and daytime chat services, these are different from regular tv day and night shows .So maybe because TVX isn't a adult phone in chat service then their free to view promo doesn't come under the same rules because it doesn't use a adult advertisement chat licence, even though the promo is a advert ?.
There is a few links in this in breach ruling Ofcom gave to Playboy TV chat, it describes how Ofcom view and regulate the babe channels, it's the one were Dannii Harwoods behind the door show was found in beach .
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binarie...obb238.pdf
Apparently broadcasting that sort of material did not comply with the adult chat guidance, and the positioning in a specialist adult section and the time it was broadcast (12am to 12.30am) was not sufficient has to ensure serious and wide spread offence against generally expected standards was not caused .
Stronger imagery is shown both by TVX and Playboy on their non encrypted parts of their encrypted shows during their free to view adverts/promos that broadcast throughout the night . Ofcom don't seem to think these stronger promos will cause widespread offence, but do think the Dannii Harwood broadcast is likely to cause widespread offence against generally expected standards .
Check out Ofcom's wording in link to the PB TV Chat in breach ruling i have given, to me it just proves how stupid the babe channel rules are .