Complaints dealt with by the Communications Authority (“CA”) (released on 9 June 2015)
The CA considered cases of dissatisfaction with the decisions of the Director-General of Communications (“DG Com”) on complaint cases.
Having considered the recommendations of the Broadcast Complaints Committee, the CA decided to uphold the decisions of the DG Com on 15 cases of dissatisfaction with the decisions of the DG Com. The list of the cases is available in the Appendix).
9 June 2015
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List of Cases of Dissatisfaction with the DG Com’s Decisions
Title Channel Broadcast Substance of Decision being Date Complaint upheld TV Programme “十送 ATV CCTV 1 11-13, 16-20, Violence, crude Unsubstantiated 紅軍” 23-25, 27, language & 30.6.2014; unsuitable for 2, 9-11, broadcast during 4-15.7.2014 the family viewing hours
TV Programme ATV Home & 14.7.2014 Inaccuracy & Unsubstantiated “ATV Focus” (ATV Asia unfairness 焦點)
TV Programmes ATV Home 17.8.2014 Indirect Unsubstantiated “6:00 News” (六點鐘 advertising & 新聞) & “Money inaccuracy Talk” (金錢世界)
TV Advertisement TVB HD Jade 5, 6 and Identification of Unsubstantiated entitled “Leading & I News 9.9.2014; advertising Brands of the World & material Timepieces” (“細說 16, 26 and 名牌名錶匯”) 28.9, 12 and 13.10.2014
TV Programme RTHK (TVB 29.9.2014 Partiality, illegal Unsubstantiated “Hong Kong Jade) act & political Connection” (鏗鏘 advertising 集)
Various TV News TVB Jade, HD 25 – Partiality, Unsubstantiated Programmes Jade, I News 27.10.2014 inaccuracy & and Pearl unfairness & & TVBNV TVBN 26.10.2014
TV Programme RTHK (TVB 3.11.2014 Partiality, illegal Unsubstantiated “Hong Kong Jade) & RTHK act & unsuitable Connection” (鏗鏘 TV 31 for children 集)
TV Programme RTHK (TVB 18.11.2014 Indirect Unsubstantiated “Metropolitan Jade) advertising Consumers” (消費新 潮)
- 3 - Title Channel Broadcast Substance of Decision being Date Complaint upheld Radio Programme RTHK Radio 4 20.11.2014 Partiality Unsubstantiated “News Report”
Radio Programme RTHK Radio 1 3.12.2014 Partiality Unsubstantiated “Talkabout” (千禧年 代)
Advertisement for TVB Jade and 15 & Animal abuse & Unsubstantiated “Eu Yan Sang” (“余 HD Jade; 16.12.2014 violence 仁生”廣告) TVBNV TVB Encore; & Cable News
TV Programme TVB Jade & HD 24.1.2015 Violence Unsubstantiated “Noblesse Oblige” Jade (宦海奇官)
TV Programme “Sze TVB Jade & HD 1.2.2015 Indecency Unsubstantiated U Tonight” (今晚睇 Jade 李)
TV Programme TVB Jade & HD 3.2.2015 Crude language Unsubstantiated “Raising the Bar” (四 Jade 個女仔三個Bar)
TV Programme TVB HD Jade 9.3.2015 Illegal act Unsubstantiated “Young Charioteers” (衝線)