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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1993
CHANGES TO RADIO PROGRAMME AND ADVERTISING STANDARDS
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THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (BA) MET TODAY (THURSDAY) AND AGREED TO BRING INTO EFFECT SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE RADIO CODES OF PRACTICE ON PROGRAMME AND ADVERTISING STANDARDS.
THE CHANGES, WHICH RESULT FROM A REVIEW OF RADIO POLICY UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE RADIO LICENSEES, INCLUDE A PROVISION ALLOWING THE SPONSORSHIP OF FINANCIAL AND SPORTS NEWS, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE ACROSS-THE-BOARD 8.30 PM WATERSHED FOR MATERIAL NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BA SAID IN VIEW OF THE MOVE TOWARDS CHANNEL FORMATTING, THE INFLEXIBLE 8.30 PM WATERSHED WOULD BE REPLACED BY A MORE GENERAL PROVISION ENSURING THAT NO MATERIAL UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE WAS BROADCAST DURING OR AROUND PROGRAMMES AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE.
"THIS CHANGE SHOULD ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE BETTER PROTECTED AGAINST UNSUITABLE MATERIAL ON RADIO," HE ADDED.
THE BA ALSO
PROGRAMMES.
CONSIDERED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT TELEVISION
AMONG THEM, THE AUTHORITY LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OCCURRENCE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF UNDESIRABLE EXPRESSIONS IN THE TVB JADE SERIES "TOP COP".
MEMBERS DECIDED THAT TVB BE SERIOUSLY WARNED FOR BREACHING THE TELEVISION CODE OF PRACTICE ON PROGRAMME STANDARDS GOVERNING LANGUAGE AND THE FAMILY VIEWING HOURS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AUTHORITY BELIEVED THAT THE EXPRESSIONS WERE USED GRATUITOUSLY, AND THAT THIS WENT BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF WHAT COULD BE PERMITTED IN THE EARLY EVENING.
THE BA ALSO ADVISED ATV TO PLACE A WARNING CAPTION BEFORE THE BROADCAST OF PROGRAMMES THAT CONTAINED MATERIAL LIKELY ΤΟ DISTURB VIEWERS.
THE BROADCAST OF SCENES WERE QUITE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WAS IN RESPONSE ΤΟ "QUEST FOR HEALING" ON ATV HOME WHERE SOME OF THE GRAPHIC AND, ALTHOUGH ACCEPTABLE FOR THE HOUR OF BROADCAST, COULD DISTURB SOME PEOPLE.
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