How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
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Johnny
How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
Afternoon guys and girls,
Just wanted to know if anyone who was "in the know" could shed any light on the possibility of the UK being able to broadcast to an R18 level on Satellite TV?
Is there anything currently in the pipeline, or do you think it's unlikely that this will ever materialise?
Look forward to hearing your comments.
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cp
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
there was a previous forum on this....
it looks unlikely given that creeps like Jonathon Edwards are on the classification board
it looks unlikely given that creeps like Jonathon Edwards are on the classification board
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Paul Tavener
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
Johnny,
I think you might be surprised.
I have written to the ITC, DCMS and Ofcom on many occasions since last December on this very issue. The ITC will not budge because of the "taste and decency" requirement in the 1990 Broadcasting Act. But this specific ?taste and decency? requirement will be repealed by the new Communications Act due for Royal ascent this August or there abouts. Then there will be virtually no argument left to the regulators. The ITC itself will effectively cease to exist this December when Ofcom take over ().
Ofcom has been charged with being a ?light touch regulator? and applying ?general accepted standards?. Ofcom will also be holding a public consultation on general principles early this summer and I am trying to organise a group of people to write to them. There is not space here for me to go through all of the arguments and background but if you e-mail me at censorfreetv@hotmail.com I will send you the details.
A lot of people will say that?s just not possible, but a lot of people don?t know in detail what?s going on in this area. Who would have thought hard-core would have been permitted for sale in R18 before 2000?
I think you might be surprised.
I have written to the ITC, DCMS and Ofcom on many occasions since last December on this very issue. The ITC will not budge because of the "taste and decency" requirement in the 1990 Broadcasting Act. But this specific ?taste and decency? requirement will be repealed by the new Communications Act due for Royal ascent this August or there abouts. Then there will be virtually no argument left to the regulators. The ITC itself will effectively cease to exist this December when Ofcom take over ().
Ofcom has been charged with being a ?light touch regulator? and applying ?general accepted standards?. Ofcom will also be holding a public consultation on general principles early this summer and I am trying to organise a group of people to write to them. There is not space here for me to go through all of the arguments and background but if you e-mail me at censorfreetv@hotmail.com I will send you the details.
A lot of people will say that?s just not possible, but a lot of people don?t know in detail what?s going on in this area. Who would have thought hard-core would have been permitted for sale in R18 before 2000?
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
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eC
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
I think its within 2 years. Probably only available as an on demand service so that there's more control on who can order it.
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KJ
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
Which is another way of saying "so they can sell it at as high a premium as possible" 
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Paul Tavener
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
It will certainly be a pay service. If it's not here by next January I would have thought someone will take legal action agains Ofcom.
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The Healer
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
Be honest gentlemen, will any Uk based station be able to compete against Playboy, Private, David Sullivan etc?
I reckon the price for full on HC will a minimum of ?30 a month or about ?10 per night.
If you can ?5-99 for SC then the full works is going to be expensive.
Only chance would be if Sky were to show it themselves and I fear the legislators would kill that before it started.
I reckon the price for full on HC will a minimum of ?30 a month or about ?10 per night.
If you can ?5-99 for SC then the full works is going to be expensive.
Only chance would be if Sky were to show it themselves and I fear the legislators would kill that before it started.
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Paul Tavener
Re: How far away is R18 on Satellite TV?
The Healer,
There will be an opportunity this summer to make R18 on TV a reality, if enough people write to Ofcom in support. I do feel very helpless here in that I can't even persuade the people who would want this change that there is the remotest chance of it happening! But it is possible!
The new communications bill will repeal the requirement for ?taste and decency? for domestic broadcasters replacing it with ?generally accepted standards? and R18 is a generally accepted standard. There are a lot of other more liberal requirements too.
write to me at censorfreetv@hotmail.com to join the campaign and get more information about what is going on. Apart from that this issue is more about principle than anything else.
There would be little point in making domestic hard-core too expensive as people would just stick with the foreign broadcasts they can get now (?100-?150/year). Incidentally Ofcom might also be interested in hearing views concerning competition issues such as Sky?s monopoly when their public consultation starts.
There will be an opportunity this summer to make R18 on TV a reality, if enough people write to Ofcom in support. I do feel very helpless here in that I can't even persuade the people who would want this change that there is the remotest chance of it happening! But it is possible!
The new communications bill will repeal the requirement for ?taste and decency? for domestic broadcasters replacing it with ?generally accepted standards? and R18 is a generally accepted standard. There are a lot of other more liberal requirements too.
write to me at censorfreetv@hotmail.com to join the campaign and get more information about what is going on. Apart from that this issue is more about principle than anything else.
There would be little point in making domestic hard-core too expensive as people would just stick with the foreign broadcasts they can get now (?100-?150/year). Incidentally Ofcom might also be interested in hearing views concerning competition issues such as Sky?s monopoly when their public consultation starts.