Ofcom Broadcast Code Consultation

Just received email from ofcom to state that the new rules will come into force in December! As consultation has been put back due to product placement ruling.

However, their new clarity on rulings will leave babeshows with pin requirements or as in the new ofcom code 'mandatory access restrictions', as they will come under sexual arousal!

What impact will it have on the babe channels!

Any chance you could cut and paste the email?

(09-10-2009 16:29 )vostok 1 Wrote:  Any chance you could cut and paste the email?

Ofcom today announces an extension to its review of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code (“the Code”). This affects proposed revisions to the Code rules relating to:



· sexual material;

· competitions and voting;

· commercial references in television programmes; and

· commercial references in radio programming.



There is also important information on acquired children’s programmes.



This extension follows the Government’s announcement on 16 September 2009 that it wants to change its approach to product placement in UK produced television programmes, subject to a forthcoming consultation on this proposal.



For full details of the extension, click on the weblink below:



http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/...extension/

Vostock, if you read through review it explains about no change to R18 material and new 'mandatory access restrictions' on all adult material with the purpose of sexual arousal

(09-10-2009 16:20 )Jay39 Wrote:  Just received email from ofcom to state that the new rules will come into force in December! As consultation has been put back due to product placement ruling.

However, their new clarity on rulings will leave babeshows with pin requirements or as in the new ofcom code 'mandatory access restrictions', as they will come under sexual arousal!

What impact will it have on the babe channels!

IF that is true, then what a FUCKING joke.

Jay39, the only 'mandatory access restriction' required is the time of the broadcast "when minors are unlikely to be viewing". Not that this means anything to the rights abusing twats at Ofcom. You see there's a strategic 'or' in the EU Directive regarding safety of minors. Technological methods of access restriction should only apply outside watershed scheduling - i.e. when you can pay-to-view an 18 rated movie at 4:30pm when the little darlings are just home from school.

Ofcom published some bullshit research claiming that PIN access was not sufficient to protect minors from adult material then proceeded to claim it was required everywhere and that R18 couldn't be shown at all. Their argument makes no sense, indeed, it is nonsense.

(09-10-2009 16:43 )IanG Wrote:  Jay39, the only 'mandatory access restriction' required is the time of the broadcast "when minors are unlikely to be viewing". Not that this means anything to the rights abusing twats at Ofcom. You see there's a strategic 'or' in the EU Directive regarding safety of minors. Technological methods of access restriction should only apply outside watershed scheduling - i.e. when you can pay-to-view an 18 rated movie at 4:30pm when the little darlings are just home from school.

Ofcom published some bullshit research claiming that PIN access was not sufficient to protect minors from adult material then proceeded to claim it was required everywhere and that R18 couldn't be shown at all. Their argument makes no sense, indeed, it is nonsense.

Ian

Totally agree with you. I filled out the consultation in favour of the channels which I've watched for years, but regardless of what findings their research was they seem to want to enforce whatever they want and not consider us the viewer (I thought the days Mary Whitehouse went out with the ark). Yet in the consultation any form of material thought to be used for sexual arousal looks like it will come under the pin access, so will this mean a decline in channels or stronger material!

Jay

(09-10-2009 16:20 )Jay39 Wrote:  What impact will it have on the babe channels!

DON'T PANIC!

This addition to Ofcom's Broadcast code wont affect the FTV Babe Shows. (for now)

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/...9/main.pdf
(parts 4 and 6)

There will be a separate consultation for the "babe shows" soon, postponed from the initial consultation last spring.

Here is the response from the Participation Broadcasters Association, which is the trade body that represents various Babe channel owners:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/...tv_ass.pdf

(09-10-2009 17:25 )vostok 1 Wrote:  

(09-10-2009 16:20 )Jay39 Wrote:  What impact will it have on the babe channels!

DON'T PANIC!

This addition to Ofcom's Broadcast code wont affect the FTV Babe Shows. (for now)

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/...9/main.pdf
(parts 4 and 6)

There will be a separate consultation for the "babe shows" soon, postponed from the initial consultation last spring.

Here is the response from the Participation Broadcasters Association, which is the trade body that represents various Babe channel owners:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/...tv_ass.pdf

So yet more waiting to see what happens then. I'm not sure I like the idea that there is a 'seperate consultation' just for these channels. Or is this just a standard thing for Ofcom to do?

It seems to me that the owners, proprietors and people involved in these channels are pretty useless at strategically using the captive audience they have for support.

For example, the post on another thread that said the channels were on the verge of being pulled altogether a few months back. If that was true, how the hell did they reach a situation where it got that close and yet nobody on here seemed to know about it?

From the consultation, there could be some pretty drastic changes in the offing before too long. Surely, quite a few people within these channels have an inkling of where this is likely to end, or at least would know where Ofcom would like it to end.

On sites like this they have a ready made group of people ready to fight their corner. People can be quite apathetic with things like this but I sure as hell know that if there was a danger that the channels could disappear altogether, I'd be writing to anyone with an ounce of say within Ofcom to tell them where they can get off.

Legal arguments withstanding, it's the opinion of the public that should drive these kind of issues and a few complaints now and again about the content of these channels should be totally snuffed out by a few hundred people wholly in favour of the 900's.

It seems like we're coming towards some kind of end game here and it seems ridiculous to me that the channels could get to that point without seemingly having made any attempt to commission the people they know are on their side into any kind of action.

Indeed, they throw tens of thousands at barristers instead, who are no doubt rubbing their hands with glee.