Back to the question of advertising the site on the tv channels.
Please ignore if this topic bores you
Digital Dave has posted elsewhere that Ofcom have today fined Satellite Entertainment Ltd £40,000 for having links on-screen to 'pornographic websites'.
I won't say too much more as it concerns the channel that can't be named.
One interesting thing about the ruling is that is specifically mentions that the website being linked to contained a direct link to another site 'within the company', which contained explicit pornographic content without mandatory age controlled access (which Ofcom/ATVOD have deemed to be a credit card transaction). So they had an issue not just with the site being linked to, but with the sites
that site linked to as well, 'guilt by association' as it were.
So, if you take a look at the bsx site, there isn't actually any 'pornographic' content until you take out a membership, so in theory, they should be OK.
But, if they were to do as suggested, and offer the pay-per-view type membership via mobile phone text messages, Ofcom/ATVOD may consider that insufficient as an age controlled access. Studio66 got a spanking for advertising explicit pics/vids available via mobile phone, it seems they don't consider the adult block available on mobiles as sufficient age verification.
Also, the bsx site may be safe, but it contains a link to the producers blog, which contains explicit material without controlled access. A recent post includes an embedded video clip of Yuffie Yulan sucking cock! The blog also contains other links to other sites, there's one for sexstation for example, which shows hard content without controlled access, so these links may well fall foul of Ofcom/ATVOD.
So, if they continue to advertise the site on Ofcom licensed channels, they
may fall foul of Ofcom, who seem particularly strict when it comes to this kind of thing.
And for those wondering why we discuss it and bring it to attention, it's quite simple, if they are breaking rules, and do get investigated, it brings more attention on all the channels, and the more the channels get investigated, the tighter the restrictions become, which is something none of us wants!