Radio / Television News

Broadcaster can only maturely scare viewers after 9 p.m.

OTTAWA — Several broadcasts on Super Channel’s suite of channels violated the pay-TV codes for airing violence, sexuality and coarse language before 9 p.m., said the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) in a decision released today. A complaint from a viewer dating back to November 2019 identified numerous broadcasts on Super Channel Vault, Super Channel Fuse and GINX eSports TV Canada which the complainant said contained violence, sexuality or coarse language before 9 p.m. The broadcasts included the horror movies Friday the 13th: Part VII – The New Blood, Saw 3D: The Final Chapter, Pet Sematary (1989 version) and A...