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Source:
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SCV fined for breaching
Programme Code on its Reality Zone Channel |
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Starhub Cable Vision (SCV) has been fined by
the Media Development Authority (MDA) for showing footage of lesbian sex
and bondage on Zone Reality Channel¡¯s reality series Cheater. |
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The reality programme featured cases handled
by the Cheaters private agency where a person seeks to find out if his/
her partner is being unfaithful in their relationship. |
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The episode concerned was aired during the
period of 22 to 26 May 2006 and repeated on 29 August 2006. It contained
footages of a woman engaging in lesbian sex acts with another woman. |
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While pixilation was used during the sex
scenes, it was still obvious to viewers that the women were naked and
engaging in unnatural sex acts. |
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The programme also showed the woman tied to
a bed in a bondage session with two other women.The visuals were deemed
to be sexually suggestive and offensive to good taste and decency |
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The programme also promotes lesbianism as a
lifestyle, which breaches the Programme Code. The woman manages to get
her boyfriend to accept her lifestyle and to invite other people to
engage in threesomes with them. |
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Bearing in mind the adult nature of the
programme, MDA also noted that Cheaterswas carried on a channel
available on SCV's Family Plus Tier which is aimed at a general
audience. |
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The Programme Advisory Committee for English
Programmes (PACE) was consulted, and it concurred with MDA that the
programme was unsuitable for telecast due to its presentation and
treatment of unnatural sex acts. |
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This episode of Cheaterswas therefore found
to be in breach of the Subscription TV Programme Code as it failed to
comply with guidelines which disallow the promotion, justification and
glamourisation of lesbian lifestyles and their explicit depictions. |
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Taking into account the severity of
the breach, and that the programme was shown on a channel on SCV¡¯s
Family Plus Tier, as well as SCV¡¯s explanation on the matter, MDA
found that a financial penalty was warranted and issued SCV a fine
of $10,000. SCV has since paid up the fine. |
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Source:
www.mda.gov.sg Media Release
23 Oct 2006 |
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SCV fined for showing footage of
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