03-04-2017, 22:34
(28-03-2017 15:30 )MR PERFECT Wrote: [ -> ]If the channels were receptive people it would be worthwhile. Sadly I believe the channels Believe in them and ofcom v the viewer. The viewer will always lose in this situation as he/she wants better but the channels and ofcom don't.
If the channels did not make money in the current situation they would be more open to the viewers. But they seem to see the viewer as trouble.
An indulgence: The above quote from Mr. Perfect is lifted from the main Babeshow's thread. He was responding to a 'call to action' against the channels. I am using it here as illustrative of the 'them against us' stance that seems to have come about as a result of the feeling that the channels are directly benefiting from, and complicit in, Ofcom's overly censorous reign over British television. They (Ofcom) are "our friends" as a BS boss said on this very board a couple of years back. In more recent times it feels like the relationship has moved on: The operators now stand accussed of getting down and dirty, and sleeping with the enemy. Taking it up the ass and liking it!
For what it's worth I believe that Mr Pefect is quite right: The so-called freeloading viewer is seen as trouble by those inside the channels - because they are assumed to be of the same mind as some here in that they want something the channels do not - a less censored Adult TV landscape. If you are not part of their solution, you're part of the problem to the channels.
The complaints of so minded indviduals are most likely seen as only a small irritant to the powerful operators - who, after all, have the control over the ear of their consumer base that one might expect from such an industry... But the complainers seem quite reluctant to go away no matter what.
Indeed, the freeloading babeshow viewer appears to be a quite persistent and hardy breed on the whole, perhaps invested with an idea of what the channels once were and holding out, against all resonable hope sometimes, for what they could be again. In this they stand rigidly opposed to the majority of current onscreen incumbents of the trade who have, quite evidently, no desire to see a return to the relative freedoms of visual expression seen in the recent past.
I'm reiterating all this on a new thread as opposed to on the Babeshow's one as the concept at play here goes beyond the immediate industry and crosses over into a recurring theme in the enactment of various acts of censorship in this country.
To evidence this, what I really wanted to highlight was this article (attached) - something I found online recently even though it's now nearly three years old. I dare anyone to read this insider's view of porn industry in this country, their reactions to the introduction of several regulatory restrictions, and not feel huge wave of resonance with the situation that we are seeing with the shows at the moment.
How deep the parallels go I, obviously, do not know. But the point is that this is the firm and lasting impression the industry is leaving on at least some of their more watchful viewers. Is it any wonder then that the channel's face feelings of resentment and bite back as a result? IMO it is one of their more severe image problems.
Is it one they even want to overcome though?