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Saarbrucken (pte032/13.03.2003/13:31) - Nearly all of Germany's private television channels are suspected of violating national laws on advertising and pornography. This was announced by German media directors and committee heads after a two-day conference of the German working group for regional media institutions http://www.alm.de in Saarbrucken.
The media experts say a report submitted by the German coordination centre for youth protection, programming, media competence and civil media (GSJP) has confirmed suspicions that German TV channels violate advertising laws with television spots for sex hotlines.
"It seems certain TV programmers can only earn ratings in ways that are socially unacceptable," said conference head Norbert Schneider, commenting on the results of the GSJP study.
The media authorities are investigating ads for telephone sex, as well as so-called "sex clips" shown on RTL, RTL2, Vox, Pro Sieben, Sat.1, Kabel1, DSF, Neun Live, Onyx TV and Tele 5. The subscription channels Premiere and Beate Uhse are also suspected of ignoring laws.
According to Schneider, the range of claims against the TV stations includes violation of the law against advertising for pornography, the ban on pornography, and advertising for prostitution.
"Phone sex ads and sex clips are broadcast between a variety of programmes for hours on end. This constitutes broad programming that a nightly television consumer can hardly avoid," said Schneider. Further investigations and talks with the TV stations will decide whether there will be licensing consequences.
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