{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/38036.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":38036,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Channel 4 - Too many adverts in the Paralympics / Appauling coverage","background":null,"additional_details":"The undersigned hereby request that the government take action to prevent Channel 4 from obtaining the rights to show major live sporting events again.\r\n\r\nDuring the Paralympics coverage, Channel 4 would cut to adverts every few minutes, then return to studio based discussion for several minutes before showing a couple of minutes of sport before going to another set of adverts.\r\n\r\nIf a commercial broadcaster cannot commit to a maximum of just (for example) 5 minutes of adverts in a one hour period, they should be prevented from being able to bid for the event.  Commercial breaks should only be taken at a convenient time and not every few minutes so the network can make money.  So many sporting moments have been missed due to C4's appauling lack of coverage.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-08-31T21:22:00.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:23.409Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:39:17.417Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-08-31T21:22:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"The choice of Paralympic broadcaster is a matter for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}