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Dating and chat channel Look4Love has had its licence revoked by Ofcom, with immediate effect.
The channel was under scrutiny from the regulator in November because of its content, which according to Ofcom broke seven counts of the Broadcasting Code.
Operated by Television Concepts and transmitted under the name Babestar.tv Live XXX on Sky Digital channel number 916 after 10pm, the channel showed "a number of women in various states of undress using sexual actions and extremely explicit sexual language to promote a premium rate chat line." This included apparent masturbation and verbal invitations to both anal and oral sex.
Ofcom said this was seriously unacceptable and wholly unsuitable for transmission on a free-to-air service.
The channel had been granted a 42-day window by the regulator to rectify the transgressions, but failed to make the necessary changes, and has not paid the £175,000 fine levied on it in November.
The channel was under scrutiny from the regulator in November because of its content, which according to Ofcom broke seven counts of the Broadcasting Code.
Operated by Television Concepts and transmitted under the name Babestar.tv Live XXX on Sky Digital channel number 916 after 10pm, the channel showed "a number of women in various states of undress using sexual actions and extremely explicit sexual language to promote a premium rate chat line." This included apparent masturbation and verbal invitations to both anal and oral sex.
Ofcom said this was seriously unacceptable and wholly unsuitable for transmission on a free-to-air service.
The channel had been granted a 42-day window by the regulator to rectify the transgressions, but failed to make the necessary changes, and has not paid the £175,000 fine levied on it in November.
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