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  • Committee releases recommendations on crude TV

    June 20 2008 12:45am (UTC+8)  -  Article by cartman

    A Senate committee into the use of crude language on television has recommended possible changes to broadcasting standards in Australia after Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi took offence at the British program "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares".

    Senator Bernardi said that one episode contained "the F-word" up to 80 times in 40 minutes.

    The committee has put forward it's recommendations which included recommending parental lock-out systems be made an industry standard for all digital televisions sold in Australia and that broadcasters should consider permanently displaying the program classification symbol on screen.

    The report also recommended that the government review the Australian Communications and Media Authority's role in the regulatory system and that the industry should also clarify the definition of "occasional", "some" and "frequent" coarse language.

    The report also recommends several changes be made to the way that viewer complaints are dealt with by the television networks.

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  • trisreed
    June 22 2008
    11:39am
    #3 of 5

    I don't want more shit on TV!

  • phileasmann
    June 22 2008
    2:08pm
    #4 of 5

    God guys, you whining shits. We don't have as many watermarks as other countries, and it will still be small compared to, say, the US or Asia FTA channels.
    I still stand by my comment that it sounds fair.

  • dude
    June 22 2008
    2:22pm
    #5 of 5

    Parental lock-out systems may not work because it will confuse the hell out of the parents - the kids will crack it in seconds :P

    program classification symbol on screen would be too distracting :unsure:

    the industry should also clarify the definition of "occasional", "some" and "frequent" coarse language You have to be a bit thick not to clarify for yourself these three simple definations :unsure:


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