Two episodes of Criminal Minds, the TV One drama about an FBI unit that hunts serial killers, should have been shown in a later timeslot, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found…

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14 June 2011

Outrageous Fortune obscenities breached broadcasting standards, says BSA

The use of the c-word and other obscenities during the initial 10 minutes of an episode of Outrageous Fortune shown at 8.30pm breached broadcasting standards, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found…

Television New Zealand took insufficient action following Paul Henry’s repeated ridiculing of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s name, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found…

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TVNZ will appeal to the High Court against a decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority which the broadcaster describes as ‘incomprehensible’.

TVNZ says the issue at stake is the right of adult New Zealanders to hear – for the first time – the exact exchange that took place between the Aramoana gunman David Gray and the policeman who then shot him dead…

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has released a number of decisions today including:
 
TVNZ’s response to Henry’s Governor General comments slow but sufficient
Television New Zealand’s response to former Breakfast host Paul Henry’s comments about Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand was slow but ultimately sufficient, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found…

The BSA had been asked to rule on a One News item, which was broadcast on 15 May and subsequently made available on TVNZ’s website.
A complainant had missed the 20-working day deadline for making a complaint about the original broadcast of the television item. However, he argued that because the item was still available for viewing on TVNZ’s website, his complaint fell within the 20-working day timeframe.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has declined to uphold a complaint about an episode of New Zealand’s Next Top Model in which some of the contestants posed topless in geothermal mud pools.
The episode of the TV3 reality series broadcast at 7.30pm on Friday 20 August included shots of contestants posing for a female photographer, wearing bikinis and accessories, with their bodies covered in mud.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority received a record number of complaints for the year ended 30 June 2010.
The BSA’s latest Annual Report shows the organisation received 210 complaints, an increase of nearly 30% on the 162 complaints received in the previous year.

“NZ On Air has too often rewarded mediocrity. How often have I attended Qantas Awards and heard the winners declare “this is simply the best team”, or “we worked so hard on this and deserve recognition”, when the television show or short film has appeared once in off-peak, or was dropped after a few weeks of ratings failure, or did not produce the ratings needed to justify the investment. There is a reluctance to reward success. Outrageous Fortune is a good example where the battle to secure funding for years 4, 5 and 6 was significant – and without which, the programme could not be made…”

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has declined to uphold a complaint about the showing of crayfish being killed on TV One’s MasterChef New Zealand and Close Up.