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Originally Posted by royston p
I was just about to post a query about the same subject, and found this thread started by Meng. I also have that option set to ‘OFF’ yet I’m still being asked for my PIN on various channels! I followed BenMcr’s link, but could not find regulations regarding PINs.
I must ask however; What is the purpose of having that option if it’s not of any use?!
Thanks for any replies.
Roy P
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The channels you get it on will be Sky Comedy, Sky Documentaries and Sky Cinema.
Sky Cinema have had it for years to allow for higher age rated content to be shown during the day.
Now for Sky Comedy and Sky Documentaries, Sky have taken advantage of updated rules from OFCOM that allow non-premium or adult channels to show content outside of it's usual watershed hours in return for the channels being behind PIN protection.
So the trade off is either you only get U and PG content during the day - which used to be all the 'made for TV' movies that Sky showed in the days before they had PIN protection on Sky Movies.
Or you have content that's rated 12,15 or 18 shown during the day, but needs a PIN to access.