Sketch comedy show didn't violate code provisions, but needs rating icon

OTTAWA – In its decision released today, the CBSC said that a comedy program broadcast last fall on Quebec-based TV channel V did not violate any broadcast codes, but V did breach part of the CAB’s Violence Code for not classifying the program with a rating icon. The CSBC concluded that V breached Article 4 of the CAB's Violence Code for failing to classify the program Les Détestables broadcast on September 20, 2012. Under Article 4, television broadcasters are required to display the appropriate classification icon at the beginning of a broadcast. Les Détestables consists of sketches in which elderly actors (or actors...