[opendtv] FCC to Delay New Rules on Children's TV
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:26:05 -0500
FCC to Delay New Rules on Children's TV
- Dec 16, 2005 06:10 PM (AP Online)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FCC said Friday it would delay implementation
of new rules governing children's programming on digital television
to consider an agreement struck by entertainment companies and
children's advocates.
The rules, which were to have taken effect Jan. 1, would require that
digital broadcasters bump up the amount of children's programming
they offer if they multicast, or subdivide their allotment of
spectrum into multiple channels.
The rules also would impose limits on advertising and the pre-empting
of children's programming to air live sporting events, as well as
require that educational and informational programming be labeled
with an on-screen "E/I" logo.
Since the Federal Communications Commission adopted the rules in
September 2004, both entertainment companies, including The Walt
Disney Co. and Viacom Inc., and children's advocates, including the
United Church of Christ, went to court to seek changes.
The two parties later began meeting to hash out their differences. On
Thursday they announced that they had reached a compromise that
satisfies the concerns of both parties, according to the FCC.
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- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=54030815
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