Ofcom Complain To Dutch Regulator

(07-03-2012 21:24 )Scottishbloke Wrote:  As for Babestation well unlike Bangbabes they have got more chance of a successful outcome, Babestation still has a Dutch Licence and that should not be forgotten, although it looks rather grim at the moment with Ofcom wanting them put to the sword by the Dutch Censors, if they as I expect they will do dismiss Ofcom's claim as nothing short of barmy then it will in turn be the first victory ever for any of the babe channels against them and could in actual fact become a turning point for the channels. If you look at it from a half full glass point of view Ofcom could be the ones and not Babestation who are put firmly to the sword

They will do as they are told (from the Dutch side). No fingers will be being stuck up to anybody.

Arron88 what makes you so knowledgeable that the Dutch Censor's will be telling Cellcast what to do, as I say it's Ofcom's problem not Nicam's (Dutch Censor's) so I still say Cellcast stick 2 finger's right up at the fucking bastards, take no shit and keep delivering us hot, naked and oily show's, pornographic, my fucking arse it is, just a bit of harmless fun at the end of the day. Ofcom go fuck yourselves and may the Taliban do us all a favour and drop a fucking bomb on your headquarters. (ofcourse when everybody's gone home, wouldn't want any casualties afterall)

I wonder what Ofcom will do about the non adult channels that show much more explicit content, as in ejaculation, penetration, men getting banged by their girlfriends, women using vibrators etc.

Yet again, all the blame is on the adult channels that have a watershed

Babestation will either keep things as they are, or they will tame everything, assuring they might likely go bust, which is what Ofcom wants.

We knew Ofcom was just gearing up for something like this

To me this could be Ofcoms downfall, they are in my opinion biting of way more they can chew here. I do believe the Dutch license holders will politely tell of Ofcom to piss off, and in doing so Ofcom will turnaround with there tales between there legs. If this happens and I'm pretty sure this will, i really do think this will wakeup the other Babe channels in trying to get a foreign licence of some nature, and in turn will ease the vice grip that Ofcom currently has
To me this is the only way that the Babe channels can survive under this Dictatorship. Look we all hope that Ofcom will drift away, but the reality is that Ofcom are to stay for the time being at least and until they finally get the boot, i do believe the only way these channels will survive is by getting some sort of foreign license, i can't see any other way forward than that.

(07-03-2012 21:42 )Scottishbloke Wrote:  Arron88 what makes you so knowledgeable that the Dutch Censor's will be telling Cellcast what to do, as I say it's Ofcom's problem not Nicam's (Dutch Censor's) so I still say Cellcast stick 2 finger's right up at the fucking bastards, take no shit and keep delivering us hot, naked and oily show's, pornographic, my fucking arse it is, just a bit of harmless fun at the end of the day. <snip>

Because the dutch channels have been entrusted to regulate accordingly - they generally do as they are told (i.e. they don't normally operate recklessly). Also I don't believe Cellcast have editorial control of the channels.

p.s. 'Dutch censor' I think you need to check article 7 of the dutch written constitution.

i'm going to try to be optimistic about this. hopefully our liberal Dutch cousins will tell Ofcom to "Smoke a joint, get laid and fuck off!"

(07-03-2012 23:09 )cmiller Wrote:  i'm going to try to be optimistic about this. hopefully our liberal Dutch cousins will tell Ofcom to "Smoke a joint, get laid and fuck off!"

I very much doubt they'll do that.

Awful reporting by the Guardian, conflating content from 2008 on different channels with current content, and hey, newsflash, some websites have R18 content.

but why is Ofcom getting involved if it has no tally of the number of complaints? Abuse of process.

(07-03-2012 23:09 )cmiller Wrote:  i'm going to try to be optimistic about this. hopefully our liberal Dutch cousins will tell Ofcom to "Smoke a joint, get laid and fuck off!"

From somebody who has been to the Neitherlands on 3 separate occasions I can tell you first hand this is exactly what they will say. They don't give a fuck about censorship over there. Infact sex is openingly discussed and also Sexysat TV which has a 16 certificate shows live full frontal dildo shows from 9PM to 5AM (eu time 10PM - 6AM) Expect no further comment from Ofcom to be made as Cellcast I suspect won't be losing any sleep tonight or fear of the Dutch censors

(07-03-2012 23:25 )arron88 Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 23:09 )cmiller Wrote:  i'm going to try to be optimistic about this. hopefully our liberal Dutch cousins will tell Ofcom to "Smoke a joint, get laid and fuck off!"

I very much doubt they'll do that.

on the contrary, i think that's exactly what they'll say