(08-07-2010 13:12 )babestation Wrote: guys you need to be realistic here
we are lucky to be on freeview, and we're not going to do anything to jeopardise our position on there. not any tom, dick or harry can launch a babe show on freeview, there has been serious outlay to get on the platform, and we would be crazy to push the boundaries and risk being removed from there.
it's not discrimination against our freeview viewers, it's just common sense from a business perspective
Nobody is asking you to push any boundaries. All we want is to have the same standard on Freeview that you give your Sky customers. If your Sky content doesn't transgress any rules there's no reason for you not to give us the same on Freeview.
I seem to remember the daytime show getting a mild warning from Ofcom a little while back, and also Blue Kiss quite a long while back, but I don't know if that means they also regulate all your Sky night shows. Either way, as I said above, they say that your Freeview night shows are not subject to their Broadcasting Code (apart from the watered-down version of Partyland on Ch 97, which isn't licensed to you anyway, so is a separate issue), but I notice you have avoided telling us what rules you are actually governed by. So whose 'boundaries' are you being so cautious about? Are you saying that your Sky shows are regulated by Ofcom and Freeview by the Dutch and that their rules are stricter than Ofcom's? I would find the latter point very difficult to believe. If the Sky and Freeview shows are regulated by the same authority then there is quite obviously no need for any difference in content.
What we get on Freeview now is lightyears ahead of what you gave us a year ago, so there was obviously no need for that much caution in the first place.
The fact is that no matter how permissive your Freeview content has become you always ensure that your Sky content is stronger. You charge us Freeviewers the same £1.50/min that you charge Sky customers, so you should give us the same service.
(08-07-2010 14:39 )Rogerbee Wrote: Thank you Babestation,
I'm beginning to realise, since my Badcock epiphany, that you do actually talk sense. I am forever thankful that Babestation can be seen at all on Freeview. I've gained so much from it in recent weeks and want to continue to do so.
Instead of moaning about who can see what, let's fight to remain able to see what we can see!
That's a bit of an abject surrender, Mr B, I thought you were made of sterner stuff than that!
Of course we should be thankful for having BS on Freeview, but you make it sound like some sort of privilege that should have us grovelling on our knees. Why is it unreasonable to ask for the same deal for the same price as Sky viewers?