The struggling On Digital Media (ODM) which runs TopTV, and which is currently under business rescue according to the Companies Act, applied for a second time to broadcast three sex channels as a separate bouquet.
TopTV is arguing its case and application at its public hearing in front of South Africa's broadcasting regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) today.
This time TopTV wants to broadcast Playboy TV, Desire TV and Private Spice as a separate porn bouquet and with a rating classification of R18 which comes with its own PIN system.
The sex channels are provided to TopTV by Playboy TV UK / Benelux Limited in England and are uplinked through SES Platform Services in Munich, Germany to South Africa.
In its application before Icasa today, TopTV said that people watching porn will have to re-enter the PIN after every 30 minutes as a safeguard to a sex channel running unattended.
"All Playboy channels will be configured with a preset time-out period (e.g. 30 minutes) after which the PIN must be re-entered," said TopTV in its presentation. "This prevents the channel being left unattended for longer than the preset period."
