Swearing on television remains potentially punishable by FCC fines following a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the power of federal regulation over “fleeting expletives” in live broadcasts. In a 5-4 vote written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the court upheld a Bush administration Federal Communications...
CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and ABC have all agreed to keep both analog and digital signals airing for their owned and operated stations through the new June 12 date set for the DTV transition. Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps made the announcement at his first FCC meeting...
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After Barack Obama ran for president promising change and openness, and making a point of refusing to accept lobbyists’ contributions, the president-elect’s transition team secretly held a meeting with broadcasting lobbyists to discuss the digital TV changeover. The unannounced meeting was held Friday...
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Several Supreme Court justices hearing arguments in a case that may redefine television indecency standards indicated they are hesitant to broadly loosen obscenity rules under the banner of protecting the First Amendment. The questioning today signal the case, which originated when the Federal Communications...
Tuesday may be Election Day, but at the U.S. Supreme Court the focus won’t be on Obama vs. McCain. Rather, it will be on the Federal Communications Commission’s stepped-up indecency enforcement efforts. In a case that could have a dramatic impact on broadcast TV’s content, the high court takes up the...
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News Corp. President-Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin is unleashing a broad defense of broadcasters against FCC indecency enforcement and warning starkly about the danger that a Supreme Court case could pose to First Amendment freedoms. Honored Tuesday night at the Media Institute’s annual Friends...
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