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The Broadcasting Standards Commission has included a statement in its most recent Bulletin, arising from its consideration of complaints made against several programmes "within Channel 5's late night erotic strands". The Commission, relying on recently published evidence, notes the public's increasing acceptance and tolerance of "sex on television" only if it is "justified within a dramatic or informative context". The point of the programmes complained of was "clearly erotic". The Commission stated that "the inclusion, for its own sake, of erotic material in a free to air television service is...

The English High Court has clarified the role of the Independent Television Commission which regulates private broadcasting in the UK. Apart from accepting the legitimacy of economic regulation by the Commission, the court indicated that it will be reluctant in future to overturn decisions of substance made by it. The facts concerned the distribution of programmes by the satellite service BSkyB and cable operators. Channels were sold in packages and premium channels with a high consumer appeal were only available to subscribers who also took a number of basic channels. The satellite and cable companies...

The Broadcasting Standards Commission has included a statement in its most recent Bulletin, arising from its consideration of complaints made against several programmes "within Channel 5's late night erotic strands". The Commission, relying on recently published evidence, notes the public's increasing acceptance and tolerance of "sex on television" only if it is "justified within a dramatic or informative context". The point of the programmes complained of was "clearly erotic". The Commission stated that "the inclusion, for its own sake, of erotic material in a free to air television service is...

Although the agreement containing the undertakings was given on behalf of Sport Newspapers Ltd (as publishers of the "Daily Sport" and "Sunday Sport"), the agreement is of general interest also to the audio-visual community. It was made under The Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations, 1988; the Regulations transpose the EC Directive on Misleading Advertising into UK law and came into force on 20 June 1988. The Director-General of the OFT is empowered to use the regulation to strengthen and complement existing rules concerning advertising. However, a breach of the agreement can result...

Satellite broadcaster VT4 was issued in December with a formal warning by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for failing to comply with its advertising scheduling rules. VT4 is a satellite channel based in the UK (and therefore licensed by the ITC in the UK) but directing its service at the Belgian market. VT4 breached the advertising requirement that no more than 12 minutes of advertising or teleshopping spots should be scheduled in any one clock hour. A formal complaint received from the Flemish Ministry of Economic and Media Affairs drew attention to two specific periods. Further evidence...