Daytime pin

[SPNLP]

While I'm aware that Sky have to follow the outdated Ofcom garbage, when attempting to watch a Sky Atlantic programme originally scheduled for 9pm but was going to watch on +1 - ie 10pm I'm still getting asked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.

[Annie+UK]

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

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

[TimmyBGood]

@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.

[SPNLP]

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

[Annie+UK]

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@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

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

[TimmyBGood]

@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.