Sky to air 15-rated movies in daytime

Sky is to use its new PIN-protection software to broadcast 15-rated movies in a teatime slot from next month.

In order to watch the films, viewers will have to first key in their personalised PIN number before they are granted access to the channel. The mechanism provides some protection against children inadvertently accessing the material.

The movies will appear on a new channel, Sky Movies 10, which will air from 5pm to 3am daily from February 1. Sky Movies 9 will similarly slash its hours and adopt the same format.

15-plus titles on the slate in the first month include Layer Cake, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Identity and Anger Management.

Sky Cinema 1 and 2 will relocate to EPG positions 313 and 314 respectively to accomodate the new station and future launches.