Why cant I turn off the requirement to input a PIN to watch programs before the "watershed"? I have deactivated it in the setting, but still I have to put in a PIN. I'm only trying to watch "Motorway cops", not babe station for crying out loud.....
My Tivo box was the same, now its still happening with the "upgrade" to 360.
Having a quick glance at the program synopsis for Motorway Cops, they are all classified as either U or 15 which means they fall under Ofcoms mandatory watershed directive.
The watershed pin is a mandatory OFCOM directive ofcom.org.uk/mandatory-daytime-protection and affects Sky as well as Virgin, they can't transmit (or re-transmit) any programme or film rated higher than 12+ out of watershed hours without the viewing PIN being locked on.
It was introduced as part of an agreement that Sky got to broadcast higher rated films that would ordinarily have been behind a watershed during the day. It affects various channels such as Sky Cinema, Sky Documentaries and Sky Comedy. They all have mandatory PIN protection for shows they broadcast outside the watershed hours. This also applies to normal programs, movies, box sets etc.
On Demand also has PIN protection based on the watershed hours.
This also applies to some Startover programs, if you have missed the start you can watch live without a pin, but if you watch from the start you need a pin
Seems a pointless exercise having an option to turn it off then....
