Information to be provided about programming
18
A subscription broadcasting service licensee must provide clear and
consistent information to its audience about the classification thereof, so
that its audience may select the programming –
18.1
they do not wish to view or listen to;
18.2
they do not wish their children to view or listen to.
19.
A subscription broadcasting service licensee must therefore clearly and
consistently indicate in relation to all its programming, other than
programming which it would classify as "family viewing" -
19.1
the classification thereof in its hard copy programme guide and its
EPG; and
19.2
the classification thereof in any material advertising or promoting
programming to be broadcast.
20.
If a programme to be broadcast is classified as anything other than "family
viewing", a subscription broadcasting service licensee, wherever
practicable, must clearly indicate, immediately prior to the commencement
of that programme, the classification thereof.
Parental Control Mechanism
21.
A subscription broadcasting licensee must, wherever practicable,
implement adequate mechanisms to enable a subscriber, using a
reasonably secure mechanism, such as a PIN number selected by the
subscriber, to block a programme, based on the classification of the
programme, or a channel, included in its service.
22.
In order to enable a subscriber to block a programme, based on the
classification of the programme, a subscription broadcasting service
licensee must, wherever practicable –
22.1
capture the programming classification information electronically ("the
classification data"); and
22.2
add the classification data to the output signal of the subscription
broadcasting service in the transmission broadcast stream received by a
subscriber's decoder so that the subscriber's decoder receives a message
that the programme being received has a particular classification.
23.
A subscription broadcasting service licensee must ensure that any
decoders which it promotes or sells are capable of allowing a subscriber to