01 Jun 2023 04:34 PM
The first thing I saw when turning on my SKY glass TV this morning was pride content. I do not know how to hide this. Can someone tell me how please? There are impressionable young children in the house and the fact I cannot remove the sexual preferences of an adult worries me.
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01 Jun 2023 04:35 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more@Claire8411108 There is no option to hide
01 Jun 2023 04:43 PM - last edited: 01 Jun 2023 05:46 PM
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There's no obligation on Sky (or any other platform) to provide an option to hide any such promotional content as long as whatever is being displayed is itself legal* and not otherwise regulated or age-controlled by the Broadcasting or Advertising Standards codes. Realistically they are not going to do so voluntarily.
* and let's face it, without content involving, for example, murder, the television schedules would be a whole lot emptier...
01 Jun 2023 05:14 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreI want to hide sports but it will not let me do that either.
01 Jun 2023 05:19 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreContent not suitable for children is broadcast/shown outside the watershed or PIN protected
01 Jun 2023 05:50 PM - last edited: 01 Jun 2023 05:51 PM
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@Annie+UK wrote:
Content not suitable for children is broadcast/shown outside the watershed or PIN protected
Although promotional material for such content isn't subject to the same controls, as has been remarked on in these forums. Personally I really wish they wouldn't plaster serial killers / scary clowns / possessed dolls across the Glass 'screensaver', because no-one needs to see that on a 55" screen first thing in the morning...
01 Jun 2023 05:53 PM
@Annie+UK wrote:Content not suitable for children is broadcast/shown outside the watershed or PIN protected
Is it though? I've seen content not suitable for children on This Morning broadcast between 10.00 am & 12.30 pm. Same goes for content on the news broadcast in the early afternoon or early evening. Warnings may be given but it's broadcast nonetheless.
To the OP, if you want to hide it, try standing in front of the TV & press mute on your remote. Or, & here's an idea, turn the TV off.
01 Jun 2023 06:04 PM
The Pride content tile image is simply a rainbow flag. How is that unsuitable for Children? You better avoid TV for the next month as you'll be seeing a lot of it around.
01 Jun 2023 06:04 PM - last edited: 01 Jun 2023 06:17 PM
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@merv60 wrote:
@Annie+UK wrote:
Content not suitable for children is broadcast/shown outside the watershed or PIN protected
Is it though? I've seen content not suitable for children on This Morning broadcast between 10.00 am & 12.30 pm. Same goes for content on the news broadcast in the early afternoon or early evening. Warnings may be given but it's broadcast nonetheless.
There's a whole different section of the Broadcasting Code for that: 'taste and decency' in News and Current Affairs coverage is (not surprisingly) regulated separately to Entertainment.
01 Jun 2023 06:41 PM
I, also, do not want this on my Sky. Unwoke up Sky!
01 Jun 2023 07:01 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreI'd be more concerned about the example of McGregor in the netflix documentary or the 'monster in the morgue' docu that comes up beside it on my home screen than lgbtq+ flag.
Seriously though, anything not age appropriate would be pin blocked.
Does sky glass have 'kids safe mode', I know it is an option on sky q but I can't see anything online about it on sky glass.
02 Jun 2023 07:58 AM
@Claire8411108 wrote:The first thing I saw when turning on my SKY glass TV this morning was pride content. I do not know how to hide this. Can someone tell me how please? There are impressionable young children in the house and the fact I cannot remove the sexual preferences of an adult worries me.
Sky Glass, even though you own it, is still technically under the control of Sky. You have no say in what they choose to advertise on their Home Screen. They own and run the software which makes it function.
If you don't want to see their advertising then you'll need to buy a non-Sky branded TV and get your TV content via different means.
02 Jun 2023 11:25 AM
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@Nunnio wrote:I, also, do not want this on my Sky. Unwoke up Sky!
It's not your Sky, it's Sky's platform that you have access to.
How exactly does this content cause people so much concern?
If you don't want to view it then don't, no one is making you watch the content just ignore it.
02 Jun 2023 02:13 PM
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@nolte wrote:
Does sky glass have 'kids safe mode', I know it is an option on sky q but I can't see anything online about it on sky glass.
No, it does not.
02 Jun 2023 05:40 PM
Not just Sky. Not a fan of an ideology that provides sexual content to children. Ever seen a pride march? All welcome? Family friendly!
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