Parental controls

Family Friendly

Adult content is blocked by default, a maximum age rating limits what the library shows, and one PIN decides what the children can open.

Maximum age rating

Ratings are a guide, not a guarantee. We recommend you supervise younger children.

Seen on every title

From app version 4.1.10, each movie and series shows its age restriction on the poster and the details page, and a notice you confirm before it plays: All ages, 8+, 13+, 16+, 18+, or Not rated when no certificate exists.

Set a limit

In Settings, under Adult Content, choose a maximum age rating of 18, 16, 13 or 7. Changing it needs your PIN.

Unrated titles stay hidden

Ratings come from the age certificates published for each title: South Africa first, then the UK, then the US. Titles without a certificate, common among older classics, are hidden while a limit is set.

Live TV by category

Live channels are not rated one by one. With a limit set, Live TV keeps only categories made for children, or covering sport, documentaries and wildlife, or news.
The Box Seats movies library with an age restriction badge on every poster
The age restriction notice shown before a title plays, with Continue and Go back buttons
Left: the age on every poster. Right: the notice you confirm before a movie or episode plays.

How it works

Step 1

Your PIN arrives by email

The six-digit password in your welcome email is also your parental PIN. Nothing to set up.
Step 2

Adult content stays blocked

Block Adult Content is on from day one. Turning it off needs your PIN.
Step 3

Lock anything else

Pick any category under Settings → Protected Groups and it opens only with your PIN.

One PIN for the whole house

The PIN lives on your account, not on the TV. Nobody using the app can change it.
  • Works on every TV in the house
  • Survives a re-install or a new box
  • Five wrong tries lock the keypad for 15 minutes
The Box Seats PIN keypad asking for a six-digit PIN

Adult content, package by package

Grand Stand
No adult channels
Premiere Seats
No adult channels
Box Seats
Hidden until unlocked with your PIN
The screenshot shows Settings → Parental Control: adult content locked, and the switch can only be changed with your PIN.
Box Seats Parental Control settings: PIN set on your account, adult content locked, Block Adult Content switched on

Lost your PIN?

We will reset it. The new PIN works on every TV at the next sign-in.
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