Sunday, September 18, 2005

TVI Program Classification

TVI is advertising that they will classify programs, with warnings "to help viewers". Where did I see this advertised? During an interval in "Commando" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, shown at 2 p.m. on Sunday!

According to IMDB, this film is generally rated "Adults Only" - not exactly appropriate for early Sunday afternoon, though TVI on-line considers it only M/12.

If TVI is worried about children seeing inappropriate content, why not use responsible programming, which is likely to be far more effective than a classification system.

It remains to be seen where and when the warnings will appear - permanently on screen, after commercial breaks, in printed and on-line programme listings, or just at the start of each program.

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