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Complaint under section 8(1B)(b)(i) of the Broadcasting Act 1989Family Guy – cartoon comedy – male character injected with “gay gene” – went to “Straight Camp” where he was encouraged to drink, play full contact football, and “find loose women to have sex with” – allegedly in breach of good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration, children’s interests, and liquor standards FindingsStandard 1 (good taste and decency) – scene had clear humorous and satirical intent – contextual factors – not upheld Standard 9 (children’s interests) – scene was not unsuitable for supervised child viewers – broadcaster adequately considered children’s interests – not upheld Standard 7 (discrimination and denigration) – broadcast did not encourage denigration of, or discrimination against, a section of the community – not upheld Standard 11 (liquor) – broadcast did not amount to “liquor promotion” – not upheld This headnote does not form part of the decision....
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1993-125:Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor and Canterbury Television Ltd - 1993-125 PDF505. 92 KB...
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1993-116:Health Action and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1993-116 PDF343. 72 KB...
Complaint under section 8(1B)(b)(i) of the Broadcasting Act 1989LMFAO Video Hits – LMFAO song “Shots” broadcast at 7....
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1993-140:Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1993-140 PDF428. 68 KB...
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1992-088:Health Action and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1992-088 PDF349. 47 KB...
Complaint under section 8(1B)(b)(i) of the Broadcasting Act 1989The Big Bang Theory – scene showed a male and female character drinking alcohol and then in bed together – allegedly in breach of law and order, responsible programming, children’s interests, violence and liquor FindingsStandard 9 (children’s interests) – liquor consumption was borderline in a PGR programme but scene involved fictional adult characters in a comedic context – acceptable for children with parental guidance – not upheld Standard 11 (liquor) – programme did not advocate liquor consumption – no liquor promotion – showing liquor was incidental to the programme – not upheld Standard 2 (law and order) – programme did not encourage, promote, condone or glamorise criminal activity – not upheld Standard 8 (responsible programming) – programme did not contain subliminal perception – not upheld Standard 10 (violence) – programme did not contain any violence – not upheld This headnote does not form part of the decision.…...
Complaints under section 8(1B)(b)(i) of the Broadcasting Act 1989One News – item showed press conference with boxer David Tua, with “Woodstock Bourbon and Cola” liquor brand visible – allegedly in breach of liquor standard Breakfast – weather presenter interviewed “Jim Beam Grid Girls” at location for the ITM 400 in Hamilton – allegedly in breach of liquor standard FindingsStandard 11 (liquor) – items contained liquor promotion in the form of promotion of liquor brands – items did not mention alcohol or advocate liquor consumption – both programmes were aimed at adults – liquor promotion socially responsible – not upheld This headnote does not form part of the decision. Broadcasts [1] During an item on One News, broadcast on TV One at 6pm on 17 March 2011, boxer David Tua was shown at a press conference leading up to a boxing match....
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1993-048:Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1993-048 PDF370. 67 KB...
SummaryA DB Player Profile of cricketer Tony Blain was broadcast by Television One on 6 March1994 during the cricket coverage on One World of Sport. The Secretary of the Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor (GOAL), Mr Turner,complained to Television New Zealand Ltd that the broadcast of the item sandwichedbetween two promotions for Dominion Breweries amounted to contrived incidental liquorpromotion in contravention of the Programme Standards. TVNZ accepted that the broadcast of the item showing a player wearing a shirt with a DBlogo amounted to a breach of the principle in the standards which requires theminimisation of the incidental promotion of liquor. It reported that player profilescontaining similar shirt-front regalia would not again be broadcast. However, as theappearance of the logo had been accidental, it did not uphold the complaint that thebroadcast was contrived....
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1992-101–103:Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor, Growth Through Moderation Society Inc and Jackson, and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1992-101, 1992-102, 1992-103 PDF1 MB...
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1992-045:Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1992-045 PDF316. 8 KB...
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1992-030:McIntosh and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1992-030 PDF336. 63 KB...
Download a PDF of Decision No. 1990-010:Turner (on behalf of the Group Opposed to Advertising of Liquor) and Radio Pacific (Waikato) Ltd - 1990-010 PDF361. 9 KB...