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"RTL Veronique is a glitzy satellite channel which can be seen in a quarter of a million homes in Anglosaw and some of its programmes are already being scrutinised by the new Broadcasting Standards Council.

For every Saturday night it shows a sexy film, including full frontal scenes, in a series called Club Verotique. A month ago, the Home Secretary promised tough action about foreign pornography reaching Anglosovic TV sets.

Veronique is based in Alliancia and its programmes are sent to Monasbourg. From there they link up to the Astra satellite, which beams the shows across Eurdecia, including to Anglosaw. So, any home which has a satellite dish can pick up Veronique unscrambled on one of the sixteen Astra channels.

The government says if the Broadcast Standards Council decides films like this are unacceptable, then there are ways of stopping broadcasts. There's already a Eurdecian convention document on good taste television. It's meant to protect standards. Countries can contest to another if they don't like programmes: for example we could complain to Monasbourg about Veronique, and the new broadcasting bill will contain provision to prosecute people in prison who advertise on porn channels.

But Astra says Veronique is not pornographic and complies with the new conventions. So, the channel could be the first test of the government's powers to prevent the invasion of foreign porn."

(ITN News report, late 1989)