I both agree and disagree with portions of your post Shylock.
(21-07-2013 05:08 )shylok Wrote: So, as I suggested in the first post of this thread (regardless of what Rammy thinks) OFCOM are indeed impacting the viability of the babe channels and probably significantly.
That's not neccessarily the case. As has been mentioned, the general economic climate could be having a far greater impact than Ofcom's taming of the content. Yes, we on this forum are dissatisfied with the content of the current babeshows, but we represent a very small subset of the paying public who finance the channels.
(21-07-2013 05:08 )shylok Wrote: Going exclusively online (and I take SB's point about quality atm - but trust me that could be fixed if they throw some cash at it) would at least free the channels from OFCOM's grip to a great extent.
As I said before, I don't personally see a future for the channels if they go exclusively online. There are a ton of porn sites out there, and only a very very very small handful that do the kind of shows the babechannels do, where you ring the girls up. Probably the nearest thing is the camsites like MFC, Chaturbate etc Competing with those would be tough, and what's in it for the girls? Most of the channels offer online cams now, and many of the girls having tasted that are now going freelance on MFC or Adultwork etc Why would they stick with the channels if they went online, might as well go to the bigger established sites.
Also part of the attraction of the channels is the range of girls they have, including the 'lads mag' models. As has been said before, many of those girls would not be interested in doing anything harder than they currently do, some won't even go topless on the tease hours, or talk dirty on the night shows as it's outside their comfort zone, they certainly won't be dropping their knickers and spreading their legs online.
Also many of the big established porn sites already do regular cam shows featuring some of their star names, and do it far better, with better equipment and production than the babeshows cam offerings, so if you want to 'talk dirty to a porn star', better to do it there than through the channels offering online.
For me the current format of the babeshows is very much dependant on being on tv, being on tv is a fundamental part of what makes the channels what they are, and what makes them unique, and what generates their revenue in a competitive arena (all you need is a tv and a phone to get involved, nothing more), if it moved online it would become a totally different product, it would have to become a totally different product, competing with others already better equipped and established in that area, without the inherent publicity of being transmitted into every home in the country and easily available by a sinmple press on the remote, and if that was the product the channels wanted to put out, they could be doing that already
alongside the tv shows, and getting a foothold there already, but the offerings they actually put out are amateurish by comparison to the competition, with poor quality and unreliable streams, and a schedule that is erratic, unreliable, and therefore completely unprofessional.
(21-07-2013 05:08 )shylok Wrote: Hard to say what may happen after the next election.
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OFCOM are 100% winning the game which is what the the junket loving wankers crave... Were so losing it along with our freedoms, liberty and *tax-payers money...
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*Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating broadcasting and communications networks, and direct funding (called ‘grant-in-aid) from the government (i.e. your tax).
Now here's the real rub. Most people immediately attack the channels owners and producers for failing to take on Ofcom and cowing to their demands and putting out the tame shows we see today, but the simple fact is that if we want to defeat Ofcom, and win back our freedom to control what kind of material WE, as adults, can be allowed to view on the tv's that WE pay the license fees for, then at some point ,
we all have to take some responsibility and do something about it ourselves.
There are only a handful of channels out there broadcasting, their voice is miniscule, but collectively, we have hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of voices. Ultimately, Ofcom is a public body, and we are the public, it is ultimately us that can make them change direction, or overthrow them completely, whether that's directly through engaging in their consultation exercises, or indirectly through letters to MP's etc
Sadly despite all the bluff and bluster on these forums, only 800 people were prepared to even sign the recent petition against Ofcom.
That is why Ofcom is winning, not because the channels won't take them on, but because we the public are too complacent, too lethargic, to even sign a simple petition to make our voices heard. That's where the real battle lies, overcoming the apathy before it is too late. they are censoring our tv's, they are now attempting to censor our internet (Cameron is on tv later today attacking google under the guise of stopping peadophilia images), if we aren't careful, moving online will become a pointless exercise as they'll have that covered already as well!