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TV quiz 'unfair and misleading'

A controversial late night television quiz show has been denounced as unfair and misleading by the country's broadcasting watchdog. TV3's premium rate phone-in programme Play TV drew complaints by viewers who said they weren't put through, despite calling in several times at a cost of 1.50 euro for each call.
Others claimed the answers to some puzzles were too obscure and that the show misrepresented how much prize money was actually on offer.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) upheld 16 out of 17 complaints against the programme made over the summer.
After an investigation, it found although viewers were told occasionally that not all calls get through to the studio, there was no indication of what the chances are of getting through were. Some viewers complained they were trying to get through to the show at a time when the presenter was saying that no-one was ringing in.
"In the opinion of the commission, the format of presentation and the techniques used in the course of the broadcast amounted to the quiz being conducted unfairly," said the BAI.
In another show, during which viewers were invited to add up numbers, it was found the quiz was presented on-air as being easily solvable "when in fact this was not the case".
The method used to total up the figures - which was seen by the BAI during its inquiry - was such that it was "highly unlikely" a caller would get the right answer, it was found.
"The nature and presentation of this game was unfair," the BAI said.
The BAI said it was disappointed TV3 had chosen to reply in general terms to the individual complaints rather than deal with the specific issues raised.
Press Association

Game show complaints upheld

All 16 complaints upheld by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission in its latest report involve the controversial Play TV game show aired on TV3.
The late-night premium-rate show encourages viewers to phone in and solve puzzles to win money. Calls cost €1.50, whether the caller is put through to the studio or not. The BCC described the quiz as “unfair” and “misleading” and said there was a lack of transparency about being connected to the open line in the studio. One complainant said it was “a grossly unfair method of entering a competition, whereby you ring in, answer a simple question and then get cut off 99.99 per cent of the time without the entry being recorded or entered”.

dangerpowers wrote: »

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why was the last paragraph from the Indo not in your post


ie the part where TV3 were ignorant of what was said and implying that the show has been reviewed and altered etc?






except that it hasn't TV3 and the same response you gave the paper is similar to the responses you give to the general public

highnc wrote: »

175 was the final answer.

closest caller got through to the studio with 50; they could have kept going all night with that one.