Watchdog raps porn channel
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A BRITISH porn channel has been fined £50,000 for showing hard core sex scenes before the 9pm watershed, the broadcasting watchdog said today.
Satellite channel Xplicit XXX repeatedly aired a trailer showing simulations of graphic sex acts on April 8 this year.
The channel owner, Digital Television Production, said the tape had been broadcast by mistake. But regulator Ofcom said the error was "excessively complacent".