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<blockquote data-quote="Mickha" data-source="post: 502824" data-attributes="member: 187442"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Post on forums for Petition.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I have set up a petition requesting that the government encrypt all British Digital television channels, both satellite and terrestrial. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">_http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Encrypt/</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The main reason for this is to help protect young children from viewing offensive and inappropriate material in television programmes and advertisements.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With the proliferation of channels, and adult oriented shows, like Soap Operas, being shown on numerous channels and at various times, even during the weekend, it is becoming almost impossible for parents to protect their children from viewing unsavoury material.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hopefully the encryption of the digital channels will help parents to monitor their children’s viewing.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It should not affect any adults viewing options but will give parents a greater amount of control over what their children view.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It should not cost any Television Licence payer any extra money and could provide viewers with more choice following the 2012 Analogue switch off.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The technology is already in place to allow this, and now that we are going digital parents should be given the option to protect their children from adult programming, and adverts, currently being shown every day on all British digital television channels.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With great improvements in technology children will soon be able to view television on hand held computers and even mobile telephones.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This could also have other advantages, and should provide viewers with greater options and flexibility in what they view and how they pay for television in future.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Following the Analogue switch off in 2012 viewers should be given the choice if they wish to continue to finance the BBC.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Viewers will have the option of choosing which television channels they wish to pay for, and can add/remove channels with a telephone call, using their computer or interactively using the new digital technology.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There will be no more need for Television licence detector vans as if you do not pay you can not view the channels.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I would be very grateful if UK members, who agree with this proposal, can please sign my petition and publicise it on other forums, chat rooms, and anywhere else you can think of.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mickha, post: 502824, member: 187442"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Post on forums for Petition.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I have set up a petition requesting that the government encrypt all British Digital television channels, both satellite and terrestrial. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]_http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Encrypt/[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The main reason for this is to help protect young children from viewing offensive and inappropriate material in television programmes and advertisements.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With the proliferation of channels, and adult oriented shows, like Soap Operas, being shown on numerous channels and at various times, even during the weekend, it is becoming almost impossible for parents to protect their children from viewing unsavoury material.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Hopefully the encryption of the digital channels will help parents to monitor their children’s viewing.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It should not affect any adults viewing options but will give parents a greater amount of control over what their children view.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It should not cost any Television Licence payer any extra money and could provide viewers with more choice following the 2012 Analogue switch off.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The technology is already in place to allow this, and now that we are going digital parents should be given the option to protect their children from adult programming, and adverts, currently being shown every day on all British digital television channels.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With great improvements in technology children will soon be able to view television on hand held computers and even mobile telephones.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This could also have other advantages, and should provide viewers with greater options and flexibility in what they view and how they pay for television in future.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Following the Analogue switch off in 2012 viewers should be given the choice if they wish to continue to finance the BBC.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Viewers will have the option of choosing which television channels they wish to pay for, and can add/remove channels with a telephone call, using their computer or interactively using the new digital technology.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]There will be no more need for Television licence detector vans as if you do not pay you can not view the channels.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I would be very grateful if UK members, who agree with this proposal, can please sign my petition and publicise it on other forums, chat rooms, and anywhere else you can think of.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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