This article applies to organisations with a 'Hybrid' setup (both On-Premise Appliance and Cloud), as well as On-Premise only and Cloud only setups.
Use the Enforce the Parental Guidance Lock Content Modification policies to block mature content on BBC iPlayer and ITV player. These policies turn on BBC iPlayer or ITV Player Parental Guidance lock, even if the user tries to turn it off.
Notes
- Smoothwall is not responsible for BBC or ITV video ratings. If you see a video with an incorrect rating, contact the BBC or ITV.
- Content Modification is unavailable for 4oD.
Before you begin
Step 1: Decide which platform to use
- BBC iPlayer - Enforce parental guidance lock can be managed from both Cloud Filter and On-Premise Appliance or you can switch to using Cloud Filter.
- ITV Player - Enforce parental guidance lock can only be managed from Cloud Filter. If you use the On-Premise Appliance, switch to using Cloud Filter to manage Content Modification to use this Content Modification.
Step 2: Set up HTTPS Inspection
Check if you will be using the On-Premise Appliance to apply Content Modification and filtering in addition to or instead of the Cloud Extension.
- If you will be, ensure you have a HTTPS Inspection Policy to Decrypt and Inspect the Everything category.
- If this is not possible, use the BBC iPlayer or ITV Player category.
Step 3: Create an Allow policy
Set up a Web Filter policy to Allow the BBC iPlayer or ITV Player category. Position this policy above the Core Blocked Content policy.
Create a Content Modification policy
Create a content modification policy.
On-Premise Appliance:
- Set What to BBC iPlayer.
- Select Apply BBC iPlayer - Enforce Parental Guidance Lock as the Action.
Cloud Filter:
- Go to the Video Streaming tab.
- Toggle either BBC iPlayer - Enforce parental guidance lock or ITV Player - Enforce parental guidance lock to On.
- Configure the necessary fields.
Check your Content Modification has been applied
- Log into a device on your network.
- Try to access a video that you know has a rating.
- Users will not be able to play videos that have a guidance rating.
Image 1: An example blocked video on ITV Player.