topic Re: Daytime pin in Archive

Daytime pin

SPNLP — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:37:29 GMT

While I'm aware that Sky have to follow the outdated Ofcom garbage, when attempting to watch a Sky Atlantic programme originally scheduled for 9pm but was going to watch on +1 - ie 10pm I'm still getting asked for a pin which is ridiculous. As the name implies it is a DAYTIME pin and therefore should not be required after the so called "watershed" of 9pm.

Re: Daytime pin

Annie+UK — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:48:15 GMT

You'll need to point your complaint towards OFCOM as they make the rules

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/complaints

Re: Daytime pin

TimmyBGood — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:58:47 GMT

@SPNLP

Most likely to be a glitch in the delivery platform which was never designed for the change to PIN control which took effect from 01/01/2019. +1 channels are a historic anomaly anyway.

Re: Daytime pin

SPNLP — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:10:50 GMT

Annie+UK

That's not the point, Sky have decided to impose a Daytime PIN on certain channels and therefore no PIN controls should exist after 9pm

Re: Daytime pin

Annie+UK — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:50:34 GMT

@SPNLP wrote:

Annie+UK

That's not the point, Sky have decided to impose a Daytime PIN on certain channels and therefore no PIN controls should exist after 9pm

I think you'll find that OFCOM have made broadcasters to do this, it was not "decided" by Sky

Re: Daytime pin

TimmyBGood — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:19:58 GMT

@SPNLP

After a consultancy period in 2018, Ofcom modified the Broadcasting Code to permit channels to carry 'post-watershed' content before 21:00 as long as such content is behind PIN control which cannot be removed by a subscriber. As I indicated, the spill-over of this Mandatory Daytime Protection on +1 channels to 22:00 is likely to be the legacy of an antique broadcast platform unable to cope with such changes which it was never specified for.