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OUR CHANNELS
Complaints lodged
Mediaset España is committed to the broadcasting of
responsible television content through compliance with
the Self-regulatory Code on Television Content and
Children, which aims to encourage the programming of
responsible content and ensure that the rights of children
and adolescents are respected and protected.This Code
is an agreement entered into by the Spanish Government
and the main television channels and it establishes time
bands in which the broadcasting of contents unsuitable
for children under thir teen years of age (of a violent or
sexual nature or focusing on conflictive issues) is banned.
The Group has developed and implemented management
systems to ensure that the Code is strictly adhered
to. However, the control and monitoring mechanisms
in place have failed in cer tain specific cases, giving rise
to complaints for non-compliance. Whenever this
has occurred, Mediaset España has implemented the
necessary corrective measures.
The application of the Code and how such application
has evolved from year to year can be analysed from the
Annual Repor ts Assessing the application of the Self-
regulatory Code on Television Content and Children,
which are issued by the Self-regulation Committee. From
the methodological viewpoint, these repor ts take into
consideration complaints regarding aspects envisaged in
the Self-regulation Code relating to uncoded programmes
broadcast during the so-called “increased protection time
bands” by generalist television channels which broadcast
nationwide analogically
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For fur ther information on the rules established in the Self-regulation Code, see:
The table reflects variations in complaints lodged and in complaints accepted, based on cumulative data, from the first
Annual Repor t Assessing the application of the Self-regulatory Code onTelevision Content and Children, through to the
Sixth such Repor t.
Changes in complaints lodged and accepted by channels
359
216
128
128
172
Complaints lodged
Complaints accepted
La Sexta
120
12
4
th
report 5
th
report 6
th
report
Source: Sixth Annual Report Assessing the application of the Self-regulatory Code onTelevision Content and Children - 2011.
31
71
37
22
17
3
rd
report
1
st
report
2
nd
report
Complaints
in Repor ts/
Channel
TOTAL
P
A P
A P
Cuatro
A P
A P
TVE-1
A P
A
Total
448 47 324 58 158 30 138 56
57
1 1,125 192
Telecinco
Historic analysis of complaints lodged and accepted per channel
Complaints lodged in 2011, against all the channels, showed an increase with respect to 2010, whereas complaints
accepted decreased over the same period.
Antena 3
Presented
Accepted
Source: compiled from own data published in the First, Second,Third, Four th, Fifth and Sixth Annual Repor ts Assessing the
application of the Self-regulatory Code on Television Content and Children - 2011.