Happy Bedfellows? Adult Channels and TV, A Royal Television Society Debate

I'm absolutely gutted I can't attend this event as I have a prior speaking arrangement!  However, I  strongly recommend that anyone in the North East interested in sexuality, adult content, and/or media gets themselves along.  I hope as many of my students make it as possible.  Full details below:

A ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY DEBATE
Chaired by Chris Jackson (BBC Inside Out)

On Tuesday 25th October a Royal Television Society event – free and open to over 18s – will feature a lively and informed debate on the regulation of adult content on TV. With more than 30 adult channels available on UK digital TV this debate will explore the topic of regulating pornography on-screen. Chaired by the BBC’s Chris Jackson, our all–female panel will introduce the audience to the different views of the pornography producer, the academic researcher and the Ofcom regulator.

Kath Worrall sat previously on Ofcom’s content board and sanctions committee and will share her opinions about the distinction between private adult viewing and the need to protect sections of society and specifically children from adult content. She has written for The Guardian on the challenges facing Ofcom in the wake of an increasing demand for adult content.

Clarissa Smith is Reader in Sexual Cultures at the University of Sunderland and brings her 15+ years of experience researching the habits of users of pornography into the debate. She is the author of One for the Girls! The Pleasures and Practices of Women’s Porn (2007) and lead researcher on an internet study of more than 5000 porn consumers at www.pornresearch.org.

Liselle Bailey is a producer working in the adult content sector as a scheduler for the pay-tv channel Television X . She will explain how the industry adapts to regulation and how it continues to push boundaries.

The discussion will focus on regulation, and where the line is drawn between protecting the vulnerable and over-regulating a major entertainment industry. There will be some adult content shown – so over 18s only - in order to illustrate the debate about regulation. The three female panelists will also explore the role of women in pornography – as contributors, producers and consumers. Join our panel for the debate followed by Q&A session to discover the reality of producing and regulating adult content in the digital television age.

TUESDAY 25th OCTOBER
NORTHERN FILM & MEDIA, UNIT 3 THE KILN, HOULTS YARD, WALKER ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
19:00 FREE ENTRY

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