Finally. I remember ranting about the non-specific 'AO' rating about 15 years ago...

Am I the only one amused by the stated logic for this change on the website: "The way we watch free-to-air television has changed dramatically over the past 10 years. We don’t always watch programmes at fixed times, we record and watch later."

I'm pretty sure that I have been recording programmes to watch later since 1986 when we first got a VCR. So it's not exactly a new development, or one that has only happened in the last 10 years. And, ironically, it was that set up had more of a "child lock" than a parental lock - it was my job to set timed recordings for the first 6-9 months, as for some reason my parents struggled with this.

Also, that statement seems to make a nonsense of one of the changes being trumpeted on the website - changing the time-slots in which material with various levels of classification are being broadcast. If, as they state, people are recording programmes to watch later then

In any event, most kids now days seem to watch stuff online, and it's far racier than most of what is broadcast. As far as controlling child access to adult-orientated material, the BSA and Freeview are largely irrelevant.

JimmyH:

 

In any event, most kids now days seem to watch stuff online, and it's far racier than most of what is broadcast. As far as controlling child access to adult-orientated material, the BSA and Freeview are largely irrelevant.

 

Not just the BSA/Freeview, the entire OFLC and the FVPCA 1993 are not aging well and are badly in need of replacement. Sadly the only move I've seen on that front was them forcing online content providers to self classify under the horribly antiquated system. *sigh*