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The Australian Government Is Letting Netflix Classify Its Own Shows
Netflix shows could get to Aussies quicker
Communicatons Minister Mitch Fifield announced a new 12-month long pilot scheme to test a new classification tool which the streaming service will use to classify its movies and TV shows.
âThe tool speeds up the classification process and removes red tape for Netflix, while ensuring that all Netflix content is classified,â he said in a statement on Wednesday.
The terms of some of the members of the Classification Board expire in the middle of next year. When the positions are advertised you should think of applying.
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Pretty sure Foxtel can show R18 on any general ent or movie channel with itâs parental lock system in place but chooses not to.
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Of all the networks, Iâve always found Ch 9 to be the most harsh when it comes to cutting movies/programs. You can even tell, once that movie ends up on another network & is edited differently. Particularly violence.
Ch 10 seem to just do the basics, whatâs absolutely necessary, arguably the best when it comes to classification.
Ch 7 may have the best classification advisories, but theyâre also not flash when it comes to editing.
(e.g.) If thereâs strong sexual references in a sentence, theyâll just edit out the strong words/actions/frames but whilst keeping the rest of the sentence. Rather than just cutting the entire scene. So it makes it look so bad, clearly edited!
I havenât seen too much M rated stuff shown at 7.30, but donât really go looking forward, just if I notice it. Was slightly surprised then tonight at First Dates UK including the F word at 8pm. I know it is allowed, just a surprise. A little like when I was younger and Four Weddings And A Funeral was first aired on TV and there was some kind of warning before hand because the first 10 or so lines in the movie are the F word.
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I know exactly what you mean, hearing the âF-wordâ in the early evening, it does sound stronger and weird.
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I was reading a very interesting article over the weekend, I think it was in one of the lift outs from The Australian, talking about content regulations on Australian TV and how theyâve changed over time.
Ms. Sally Stockbridge (network head of classification, Regulatory Affairs, Ten Network Holdings) said in her 20 years at the network, she has seen so much relaxation in the rules surrounding what is right and what is wrong during a certain timeslot. She also commented on hoe many elements of content are more acceptable today than they were many years ago. She said even though there are television settings available to restrict viewing, she still believes regulating the content on free-to-air television is important, particularly in protecting minors and younger children that would be very disturbed or confused at certain content. The article I read also mentioned the Commercial Television Code of Practice was updated a year ago, which allowes MA15+ and M classified programs to air at earlier time slots, however this does not include feature films.
Iâm trying to find a link to the full story.
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Sally is not the only veteran in her field, the Nine Networkâs âchief classifierâ Richard Lyle has been with the network for more than three and a half decades.
Lyle and Stockbridge are truly stalwarts.
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Excuse you.
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Thereâs also Mr. Adrian Carneluti (Network Head of Classification, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs, Seven West Media)âŚ
In 1993 Nine for the first time put a microphone in the Queensland team huddle just before kick off in the State of Origin, and it clearly picked up captain Mal Meningaâs pep talk that included liberal use of the F and C words, just before 8:00pm. Very entertaining television, I recall.
It was a live unclassified program so Nine had done nothing wrong.
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The Imparja/Southern Cross Austereo owned One in central Australia is currently showing M programs from 7:00pm CST, and MA15+ programs from 7:30pm CST. Iâm guessing theyâve been doing this for a while now. This Thursday on yourtv.com.au:
That would be OK because it is for a remote area licensee with a licence area that falls in more than one time zone.
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What is âSANâ?
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Anyone know what that program is?
Just a wild guess
Sexual References
Adult Themes
Nudity
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Oh of course, consumer advice, my bad.
Ch 9 are airing a movie called âDisclosureâ tonight.
Itâs classified âR18+ medium level coarse language, adult themesâ.
As itâs R18+, how do Ch 9 even edit a movie like that? You canât edit adult themes and coarse language hasnât been used at R18+ level since the Australian Classification system updated in 2005.
(i.e.) The film would probably get an MA15+ classification if it were re-classified today.
Nevertheless, it still must be edited. So theyâll probably just edit a sex scene or something.
Like âFight Clubâ (which ONE broadcast). Itâs R18+ with âhigh impact adult themesâ. But they just edited a few âviolenceâ scenes instead.
Nine has shown Disclosure numerous times before, so theyâll probably put on whatever version they already have.
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The film was edited by Ch 9. They removed a few frames from the passionate scene between Michael Douglas & Demi Moore. Bringing the classification down to MA15+.
But still, looking at the unedited version of that scene, I donât think it looked R18+ at all.
Ch 9 obviously just looked for the highest impact content in the film to edit, so they didnât breach the code (i.e.) all R18+ programs must be modified.