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17-Jul-2014 @ 01:27
Apparently this fine is the same as what was given to Playboy for not doing enough to prevent under-18s from accessing their services.
I watch quite a few of Discovery's channels, as well as channels like History. It's not uncommon to hear quite a bit of pre-watershed swearing and the like (usually words that are less strong in the US than here, the rest being censored).
It makes me wonder whether there's a general laxity towards checking of programmes on the "specialist" channels, as it were, simply because they've been cleared in the US. Then again, it could simply be down to smaller budgets with the smaller channels.
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In Ofcom’s Decision (“the Breach Decision”) published on 20 January 2014 in Broadcast Bulletin 2464, Ofcom’s Executive found that material broadcast by the Licensee on the Investigation Discovery service breached Rules 1.3, 1.11 and 2.3 of the Code.
That material comprised of eight separate episodes of the series Deadly Women, a true-life crime series about female killers. The episodes were broadcast at various times during the morning and afternoon on 16, 18 and 20 August 2013 (“the Broadcasts”).
First, Ofcom found the breaches of the Code by the Broadcasts were serious principally because of the graphic and extended depictions of extreme violence which they contained and which were transmitted at various times before the watershed in the school holidays. The Broadcasts were unsuitable for children and highly likely to have caused distress to any children in the audience.
Second, the breaches were repeated in that this unsuitable content was spread across 8 episodes of the series Deadly Women, shown on 16, 18 and 20 August 2013.
Last, the pre-watershed broadcasts were made in error and, by the Licensee’s own admission, in an “entirely inappropriate time-slot”. The errors were blatant and repeated over a period of 5 days. Ofcom considered that the breaches in this case demonstrated that the Licensee failed to ensure that it had robust compliance procedures in place.
That material comprised of eight separate episodes of the series Deadly Women, a true-life crime series about female killers. The episodes were broadcast at various times during the morning and afternoon on 16, 18 and 20 August 2013 (“the Broadcasts”).
First, Ofcom found the breaches of the Code by the Broadcasts were serious principally because of the graphic and extended depictions of extreme violence which they contained and which were transmitted at various times before the watershed in the school holidays. The Broadcasts were unsuitable for children and highly likely to have caused distress to any children in the audience.
Second, the breaches were repeated in that this unsuitable content was spread across 8 episodes of the series Deadly Women, shown on 16, 18 and 20 August 2013.
Last, the pre-watershed broadcasts were made in error and, by the Licensee’s own admission, in an “entirely inappropriate time-slot”. The errors were blatant and repeated over a period of 5 days. Ofcom considered that the breaches in this case demonstrated that the Licensee failed to ensure that it had robust compliance procedures in place.
from ……..
STAKEHOLDERS.OFCOM.ORG.UK
17-Jul-2014 @ 01:27
Apparently this fine is the same as what was given to Playboy for not doing enough to prevent under-18s from accessing their services.
I watch quite a few of Discovery's channels, as well as channels like History. It's not uncommon to hear quite a bit of pre-watershed swearing and the like (usually words that are less strong in the US than here, the rest being censored).
It makes me wonder whether there's a general laxity towards checking of programmes on the "specialist" channels, as it were, simply because they've been cleared in the US. Then again, it could simply be down to smaller budgets with the smaller channels.
Last edited by bilky asko on 17 July 2014 1:38am