Viewer advisories must specify sexual content, TV5 breached rules - CBSC

OTTAWA - TV5’s broadcast of the documentary Le sexe autour du monde, which depicted sexual acts, was aired at the right time and was not exploitative, but violated the Viewer Advisory provision for not alerting audiences to its sexual content ruled The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). The CBSC found the station in violation of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics for failing to mention the sexual content of the program in the viewer advisories, but it had no problem with the content or scheduling of the program. Le sexe autour du monde is a documentary series...