Edinburgh TV fest tunes to sex, scandals

August 27, 2007 Sex, lies and videotape dominated the agenda for several thousand producers, broadcasters and executives as this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival wound down to a close Sunday. A packed panel titled "Guilty Pleasures" heard that that onscreen violence was a far bigger problem than was consensual sex on television, and with the easy availability of sex on the Internet, restrictions on television standards should be relaxed. [...] John Whittingdale, politician and Conservative party chair of the all-party Culture Media and Sport Committee of Members of Parliament, said that the existing regulations were in place to protect viewers from offense.

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