Submitted on Friday 31st August 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Channel 4 - Too many adverts in the Paralympics / Appauling coverage
The undersigned hereby request that the government take action to prevent Channel 4 from obtaining the rights to show major live sporting events again.
During the Paralympics coverage, Channel 4 would cut to adverts every few minutes, then return to studio based discussion for several minutes before showing a couple of minutes of sport before going to another set of adverts.
If a commercial broadcaster cannot commit to a maximum of just (for example) 5 minutes of adverts in a one hour period, they should be prevented from being able to bid for the event. Commercial breaks should only be taken at a convenient time and not every few minutes so the network can make money. So many sporting moments have been missed due to C4's appauling lack of coverage.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The choice of Paralympic broadcaster is a matter for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
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