The Magic Box Text Vote

The Magic Box is a co-production/simulcast between BBCNI and UTV to mark the final switchover to digital. As part of the programme we are asking viewers to vote from a series of 6 short clips for their favourite entertaining TV moment of the analogue years in Northern Ireland television. We will be putting the clips on both BBCNI and UTV websites. Viewers will be invited to vote via text using the BBCNI short code. The result will be announced during the programme.

Terms and Conditions:

  1. Viewers who are resident in the UK (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) can take part only by texting the keyword MAGIC and the letter corresponding to their favourite from the TV moments online to 81771. Texts will be charged at your standard message rate. Please seek the bill-payers permission before voting.
  2. Voting opens on 11th October 2012 at approximately 1200 and closes on 23rd October 2012 at approximately 2305. Any votes received outside the announced voting times, or with any wording different to the key words above, will not count but will still be charged.
  3. Each viewer can only register one vote. Only one vote will be accepted from each mobile telephone number. Any further votes will not count but you will still be charged.
  4. This is not a competition and there will be no prize or any other reward for anyone who registers a vote.
  5. UTV & the BBC reserves the right to disqualify entries or suspend voting if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting. The BBC has the right to substitute an alternative selection method at its absolute discretion.
  6. If, for any reason, the voting method fails, the vote may be suspended or a contingency plan may be actioned. In the unlikely event of a tie a contingency plan will be actioned.
  7. UTV and the BBC reserves the right to change these terms and conditions. UTV and the BBC reserves the right to change, cancel or suspend this vote at any time.
  8. UTV and the BBC, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider, postal operator, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote being lost or not properly registered or recorded.
  9. Please note that any UTV or BBC staff member or anyone who is directly connected in any way with the production of the programme is not eligible to vote.
  10. The voting accords with the BBC Code of Conduct Voting.
  11. The BBC will only collect your vote and phone number which will be handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The BBC will only use your personal details for the purposes of administering this competition and will over ever keep your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfil those purposes. Please see the BBC Privacy Policy.