The law says 'no visibly aroused genitals to be shown on TV'. The most you'll see on Telewest is softcore porn. Don't be fooled by the movie titles, a lot of british porn is shot in two versions, softcore and hard. It strikes me as a ridiculous moral positon to hold when you can go buy the worst excesses of GGG's porn films in the high street on DVD but you can't see a hard-on on an encrypted pay channel TV, but no politician seems to have the guts to sort this mess out.
Yes it will be softcore...
Last year, Ofcom (regulators of broadcasting codes and standards) held a public consultation regarding a number of things, including the broadcasting of R18 certificate films over subscription, PIN protected, encrypted channels. Following the consultation, they published their new codes and regulations, some of which are somewhat bizarre.
Hardcode porn:
Much research has been done on possbile ill-affects of hardcore porn access, both to adults and children. Said research has shown no causal links between exposure to R18 material and harm to children. Ofcom admitted as much in their consultation document. Research has shown that more liberal rules on access to hardcore porn is beneficial to the adult population (example, since Portugal loosened their rules, sex-crime rates have significantly reduced, while our rates have increased).
Ofcom conclusion: PIN protection is not sufficient to protect minors from accessing said material, so it may not be broadcast.
Violence:
Again, much research has been done on possible ill-affects of televisual violence on children. Pretty much the majority of said research demonstrates a direct causal link between exposure to film violence and harm to youngsters.
Ofcom conclusion: PIN protection is sufficient to protect minors from accessing said material, so it may be broadcast. Indeed, PIN protection is so good that the watershed is 1 hour earlier on PIN protected channels than on terrestrial.
Yes, that's right - PIN protection isn't good enough to stop access to something harmless, but is good enough to stop access to something harmful. :shock:
BTW - for any BDSM people out there, there is currently a consultation on-going regarding the banning of so-called 'extreme' pornography outright (even in R18 certificate films). Included in the proposed ban is consensual BDSM.
are an on-line organisation who monitor censorship the world over, including Ofcom, and contains many little snippets like this.
Rant over.
~Espy
We have Telewest digital and would like to see a mixture of hot ff and group activity. Can anyone recomend the best channel? Red hot all girl is ace but I want to see some willy too 
now that realy does include all breeds I tell you. 
Go to an offical nudist beach and see it all for free! Makes no sense at all. 
