United Kingdom: BBC breaches Ofcom’s Code about reducing the risk to viewers susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy from flashing lights

• Autores: Julian Wilkins
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 10, 2015, págs. 15-16
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The BBC programme The Voice UK: the Live Final (a singing talent competition) breached Ofcom’s Rule 2.12 of its Code of Conduct for failing to take sufficient measures to avoid flashing lights during one performance, and as a consequence the broadcaster did not comply with Ofcom’s technical guidance to avoid photosensitive epilepsy (PSE). Such flashing lights can trigger seizures in persons susceptible to PSE