• Re: Language on TV

    From Paul Ratcliffe@abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78 to uk.tech.digital-tv on Thu Oct 2 13:37:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:08:25 +0100, Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

    On yesterday's Lionesses celebrations, Chloe Kelly used a word that
    was rapidly followed by two apologies by Sky News. I am wondering
    where this leaves Sky News with Ofcom. (1) Is there a language
    restriction on a news broadcast at all, since the news exists to
    report what actually happened? (2) Could Sky use a six-second delay

    Why six seconds?
    And how would they get the delay back again if they used it to cut out a 'naughty' word? What happens if there's another one a bit later?

    or would they then be prevented from claiming the broadcast is 'Live'?

    Hardly. The transmission coding/decoding delay is more than that.
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