Ofcom Update: Ofcom fines Connection Makers Ltd for breaches of its Broadcasting Code

Ofcom has today fined Connection Makers Ltd  ("Connection Makers") £25,000 for breaches of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code ("the Code") in respect of its service Babeworld TV.  
 
Connections Makers has been fined for transmitting explicit sexual content, which Ofcom considered to be 'adult-sex' material, on a free-to-air channel just after the watershed. The broadcast was found in breach of Ofcom's rules, set out in the Code, which are aimed at protecting under 18s and adults from offensive material.
 
In addition, Ofcom found the licensee in further breach of the Code by promoting a Premium Rate Service ( "PRS" )  inviting viewers to contact 'off-screen' girls. The Code only permits broadcasters to promote a PRS if it forms part of the editorial content of the programme or is programme-related material. In this case Connection Makers was not allowed to promote the PRS. 
 
The full Adjudication is available at:
 
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/ocsc_adjud/babeworld.pdf

 

 
 
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