BOX TELEVISION GAMES, TEXT TO SCREEN GAMES TERMS & CONDITIONS

1.      Who Are We?

• These games are offered to you by Box Television Limited. Our registered office is at 4th Floor, 40 Bernard Street, London WC1N 1LW and our company registration number is 2643552.  Box Television Limited is the company that in these terms and conditions is called “we” or “us”.

• For all queries or issues with a game however please contact:

Text to Screen Games Queries, Box Television Limited, Mappin House, 4 Winsley Street, London, W1W 8HF.
The customer service telephone lines is 020 7182 8980 - we will endeavour to respond to voicemail messages within 2 working days.
Alternatively email: tvfeedback.competitions@emap.com - we will endeavour to respond to email messages within 5 working days.
If you are not satisfied with the response from us, you can contact OFCOM on 0845 453 3000 or www.ofcom.org.uk
2.      What terms, conditions and rules apply to the games that I enter?

• These terms and conditions apply to all games offered by us.  Any persons who breach them may be excluded from access to games.

• However as each game is different and operates in a different way, they will each have some terms and conditions that apply only to them. If so, these specific terms and conditions will be set out on-screen or otherwise made clear to you at the time you enter: for example, the cost of playing a game, the closing time, the number to call in order to play and so on.

• Please note that where games offer the chance of messages being aired on-screen, we cannot guarantee that all messages will be shown on screen and we cannot refund you if your message is not put on air.  It is also important to remember that all services are just for fun!

• Before you use a game you must check the restrictions advertised on air.  

• The following general terms also apply:

Games with a prize:
If you are playing for a prize and you are employed by Box Television Limited, Bauer plc, Channel 4 Television Corporation (or their group companies) or any prize provider - We're afraid you and your family members are excluded from entering and your entry will not be considered.
Games with a cash prize:
Again, no employees from Box Television Limited, Bauer, Channel 4 Television Corporation (or their group companies) or any prize provider may enter and you must be over the age of 18 to enter.
Multimedia messaging (MMS) games:
Picture messages must be sent with the permission of the image subject.  All images will be received and used by us in good faith on the basis that permission to display the image on air has been granted to you and us by the subject of the image.  There may be age restrictions specific to each game.  These will be displayed on screen.
WAP links:
If you have a WAP enabled handset some games will include a WAP link.  The link will be sent as a free message but your standard data charges will apply for accessing this link.  By accessing the link you accept liability for all such charges. 
Live chat services:
You must be over the age of 16 to use these services.
Services of an adult nature:
You must be over the age of 18 to use these services.
3.       How much will it cost me play a game?

• Before you play one of our games you will always be told clearly how much it will cost you.

• However on many occasions there will be additional charges added by mobile phone or other telephone network operators which obviously we do not control. So if you need to know the total cost you will end up paying, you will need to check whether your telephone network operator will add his charges to ours and what these charges are.

The costs of our current games are as follows:

The Hits Channel
"Wheel of Love":
Text SPIN and two names to 82323 (this will cost = £1 + your standard message rate).  WAP enabled handsets will receive an additional free message in order to download their result and game graphics.  Your standard data charges will apply for retrieving this download.
"Passion Predictor":
Text HITS + 2 names to 85050 (this will cost 50p + your standard message rate).
"Kama Sutra":
NB: this game is open to Over 18’s Only.
Text KAMA and two names to 84212 (this will cost £1.50 + your standard message rate).
WAP enabled handsets will receive an additional free message in order to download their result and game graphics.  Your standard data charges will apply for retrieving this download.
"Zodiac":
Text STAR your name and date of birth e.g SAM 08091979 to [ Short Code] (£ 1.50 + your standard message rate).
WAP enabled handsets will receive an additional free message in order to download their result and game graphics. Your standard data charges will apply for retrieving this download.
Smash Hits! Channel
"Together forever":
Text SMASH + 2 names to 85050 (this will cost 50p + your standard message rate).
"Love Meter":
Text LOVE and two names to 82323 (this will cost £1 + your standard message rate).
WAP enabled handsets will receive an additional free message in order to download their result and game graphics.  Your standard data charges will apply for retrieving this download.
"Born Famous":
Text SH + your date of birth (DD MM YY)  to 85050 (this will cost 50p + your standard message rate)
Magic Channel
"Passion Predictor":
Text MAGIC + 2 names to 85050 (this will cost 50p + your standard message rate)
Kerrang! Channel
"Random Wrestling":
Text FIGHT and two names to 82323 (this will cost £1 + your standard message rate).
WAP enabled handsets will receive an additional free message in order to download their result and game graphics.  Your standard data charges will apply for retrieving this download.

If you are a pre-pay mobile user, the charges will come out of your credit balance. If you pay periodic bills for your mobile, they will appear on your next bill or statement.

• Where we offer you the chance to play a game using a text message, we will do so on a reverse-billed premium rate basis and charge you on a per-message basis. This means that you first have to send us a text, which you will pay for sending at the normal per-message charge of your mobile phone provider.

• Then, we will send you back one or more text messages acknowledging receipt of your first text and providing you with information about how to enter whatever game it may be. You will be charged for all of these text messages even though we send them to your phone. This is what is meant by “reverse billing”.

• The cost of the acknowledgment/confirmatory texts that we send back to you will be made clear to you on each occasion that you enter one of our games.  However you also need to remember that your mobile operator may add his own costs to this and so the total cost to you may go above the cost stated by us.

6.      What if it is not my phone or I do not pay the bills?
You should always get the permission of the person who pays the bills before you use a phone (mobile or landline) to enter a premium rate service, particularly if you are a child or young person.

• Freeview (digital terrestrial) television viewers may click on the red button to access pages which provide information relating to various competitions, games and video requests jukeboxes that operate on our “The Hits” channel.

• You cannot actually enter any competition or play any game or make a selection on the interactive pages that are brought up by clicking the red button, but those pages will generally give you information on the entry routes or video requests opportunities that are available.

• There is no charge for clicking on the red button and accessing interactive information pages.

If we do not receive an entry from you for any game then we cannot enter you, regardless of whether you sent the entry to us. Also, if we receive an entry from you that is illegible or incomplete or otherwise deficient we may not be able to enter you. We will not accept proof that an entry was sent as proof that we received it.

If it is the case that a game asks you to supply any content – whether it be pictures, text, sound recordings or whatever – the content you supply must comply with the following rules:

• it must not be obscene, abusive, offensive or racist and it must not promote or propose hatred or physical harm against anyone;

• it must not harass or bully another person;

• it must be true and honest so far as you know;

• it must not be defamatory of anyone;

• it must not use the material or content or infringe the rights or privacy of anyone else: for example you should not use images of well known characters or music;

• it must not contain someone else’s personal details or confidential information relating to other people;

• it must not promote or condone terrorism, violence or illegal behaviour.

• We reserve the right to refuse to accept or refuse to cease to use any content supplied by any person that we think contravenes these rules.

• If you are the winner of a competition or game, you agree that you will allow us to use your name and picture in marketing and publicity undertaken by us which may be in more than one country and which may be in a number of media, for example, print, television, internet. We will pay your reasonable expenses if we need you to make yourself available to be used in marketing and publicity of this sort.

• We will use any pictures, text or sound recordings that you send to us for the purpose of operating the relevant game.

• We may also use it for the purposes of promoting our business (for example by putting it on our television channels, mobile services and websites).

• We will use your personal details to operate the game that you are taking part in. Where we or other companies in our corporate group want to use your personal details for other purposes (such as marketing) we will offer you the opportunity to agree or to refuse this.

• Your personal details will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy from time to time and in accordance with the law as it relates to people’s personal details.

• This link takes you to our Privacy Policy. 

• Nothing in these terms and conditions removes or limits our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for any liability which cannot be limited or excluded by the law. These terms and conditions also do not affect the rights that are granted to you as a consumer by the law. Otherwise, we will not be liable to you for any matter relating to the games offered by us.

• We will also not be liable to you if you suffer loss or inconvenience because of the failures of persons or systems that we do not directly control – for example, mobile phone network operators, internet service providers, software providers and telephone traffic handlers.

• These terms and conditions form a legally binding agreement between you and us. We may change them and update them from time to time but if we do so we will post the changes on this website.

• These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law unless you live in Scotland in which case Scottish law shall govern, and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

14.     General
These terms and conditions were last updated on 30th November 2007.