Submitted on Wednesday 11th October 2017
Rejected on Thursday 19th October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop PIN protection on TV content for households with no minors.
OFCOM insists that PIN protection is implemented on all pay TV services which show age restricted material before their respective watershed. This leads to films rated 12 requiring PIN input before 20:00, and so on. For households that do not have any minors living in them, this is a major hindrance
The PIN input ruins an expensive pay TV experience, and is not necessary in a lot of households, & also takes away parental responsibility from restricting viewing. There is a high likelihood that households with minors will share a PIN, so this control serves very little purpose apart from ruining TV services.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Broadcasting Code (which includes the requirement for PIN protection) is the responsibility of Ofcom, not the UK Government or Parliament. Ofcom is an independent regulator.
You can find out how to contact Ofcom here:
www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/contact-us
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